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Users And Uses Of Full Text Databases, Carol Tenopir Dec 1988

Users And Uses Of Full Text Databases, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

The increasing variety in full text databases and wider availability means a variety of users and uses. Recent research has suggested that full texts are being used for many different reasons, including: document location, fact retrieval, paragraph retrieval,browsing, and document delivery. The studies reported in this paper show that search strategies may need to differ for different uses or for different types of full text. The reported studies focus on full texts of non-technical magazine articles.


Database Selection Tools, Carol Tenopir Nov 1988

Database Selection Tools, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Recommends tools for librarians in selecting databases for library patrons. Directory of online periodicals; Online dictionary files; Automatic database selection procedures.


Search Strategies For Full Text Databases, Carol Tenopir Oct 1988

Search Strategies For Full Text Databases, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.


Managing Text: Software Choices For Textual Databases, Carol Tenopir Oct 1988

Managing Text: Software Choices For Textual Databases, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.


Decision Making By Reference Librarians, Carol Tenopir Oct 1988

Decision Making By Reference Librarians, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Presents guidelines for choosing alternatives for reference materials in the library. Effects of adding technological reference sources to a library; Use of online searching in academic research; Benefits of online database; When to choose CD-ROM and printed reference materials.


An Interface For Self‑Service Searching, Carol Tenopir Sep 1988

An Interface For Self‑Service Searching, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Features the self-service database searching interface developed under a Council on Library Resources grant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamapaign. Developers of the system; Capabilities; Link to the university's online public access catalog (OPAC); Description of a typical search session; Continuous testing of the system.


Software Choices For In‑House Databases., Carol Tenopir, Gerald W. Lundeen Jun 1988

Software Choices For In‑House Databases., Carol Tenopir, Gerald W. Lundeen

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

A number of software packages are available to help create an in-house database on a microcomputer. Because these packages vary so widely and because different programs are suited to different applications, it is useful to categorize packages by general characteristics. In-house database software can be divided into 2 broad types: 1. general purpose, which includes text retrieval, file managers, and database management systems, and 2. special purpose, which covers information storage and retrieval (IS&R) packages, integrated bibliographic systems, and library automation applications. Each type of software is appropriate in different circumstances. For example, INMAGIC and Personal Librarian, both IS&R packages …


Evaluating Online Systems, Carol Tenopir Jun 1988

Evaluating Online Systems, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Focuses on the importance of evaluation skills in relation to studying library online systems. Factors that should be considered in selecting an online system; Various systems used by libraries.


Searching Full‑Text Databases, Carol Tenopir May 1988

Searching Full‑Text Databases, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Provides information on full-text databases and how to use them. Commercial online systems that offer a number of full-text databases and that are used in U.S. libraries including Lexis and Nexis, BRS, DIALOG and STN International; Types of full-text databases; Search strategy and uses.


Availability Of Japanese Scientific And Technical Periodicals In Major English Language Databases, Carol Tenopir, Keiko Ikushima May 1988

Availability Of Japanese Scientific And Technical Periodicals In Major English Language Databases, Carol Tenopir, Keiko Ikushima

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.


Five Years Into The Past... Five Years Into The Future, Carol Tenopir Apr 1988

Five Years Into The Past... Five Years Into The Future, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Examines the issues affecting online databases. Quality control; In-house databases; Changes in database visuals; Pricing policies; Market changes.


Is Connect Time Pricing Obsolete?, Carol Tenopir Mar 1988

Is Connect Time Pricing Obsolete?, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses the growing obsolence of connect-time pricing in the library system. Transmission speeds; Downloading and uploading; Chemical abstracts service; Flat-fee pricing.


Other Ways To Access Dialog, Carol Tenopir Feb 1988

Other Ways To Access Dialog, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Focuses on various ways librarians can access DIALOG databases from Knowledge Index (KI). Aim to expand market for the KI products; Business and Medical Connections; DIALOGLINK Communications Manager; Gateway services; On-Disc MEDLINE and On-Disc NTIS; Instructional videotape 'Introduction to Searching DIALOG.'


Online Services, Carol Tenopir Jan 1988

Online Services, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.


The Sci‑Mate Software System: A Review, Carol Tenopir, Gerald W. Lundeen Jan 1988

The Sci‑Mate Software System: A Review, Carol Tenopir, Gerald W. Lundeen

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

The Sci-Mate Software system consists of three software packages that together provide a total database system. The SciMate Searcher is designed for searching remote databases and downloading from them, the Sci-Mate Manager facilitates the creation and maintenance of private databases, and the Sci-Mate Editor creates formatted bibliographies. The Searcher does not substitute for knowledge of online databases but, when used in conjunction with the other modules, provides an excelIent and easy way to create localIy held databases. AlI three modules are reliable and easy to use.