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Cd-Rom Best Sellers Lists, Carol Tenopir
Cd-Rom Best Sellers Lists, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Lists of best-selling CD-ROMs are not useful in buying CD-ROMs for library use. A better approach is to buy products that receive the best reviews or that are in the most demand in libraries.
Full Text On Cd-Rom, Carol Tenopir
Full Text On Cd-Rom, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Some 25% of CD-ROM databases contain some full text and this number is growing. Text is stored in ASCII files, which are machine-searchable, and image files, which are not. Some products contain a combination of both types of text. Books, documents and magazines are among the materials available.
Is It Any Of Our Business?, Carol Tenopir
Is It Any Of Our Business?, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Many library patrons search CD-ROM data bases and online public access catalogs in ways that are inefficient and ineffective. Librarians must take the responsibility of training users to formulate better search strategies.