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Generations Of Online Searching, Carol Tenopir
Generations Of Online Searching, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Presents an excerpt about online searching based on a presentation to the Florida Library Association. The assertion that online searching in the mid-1990s has its roots in earlier online generations; Evolution; Content/databases; People involved; Places people search; Uses for online services; Search engines/interfaces; Survival skills.
Database Producers Go Online, Carol Tenopir
Database Producers Go Online, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Relates the expansion by several major producers of general interest databases to becoming online vendors. IAC, EBSCO, and UMI joining Wilson as online purveyors of their own content; Their use of client/server technology, Z39.50 compliance, graphical user interfaces, access over the Internet, and the use of the World Wide Web (WWW) for enhanced document delivery; Detailed description of each vendors' databse.