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1988

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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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.


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.


Online Services, Carol Tenopir Jan 1988

Online Services, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.