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Changes And Choices In The Online Year, Carol Tenopir
Changes And Choices In The Online Year, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
The influence of the Internet and the introduction of alternative search engines, alternative interfaces and new pricing methods were major changes in the online database industry in 1994. Other trends included the development of integrated information systems.
A Second Look At Firstsearch, Carol Tenopir
A Second Look At Firstsearch, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
OCLC's FirstSearch end user online system is used by almost 2,000 libraries worldwide. The OCLC FirstSearch database offerings, including full text, document delivery, prices, easy searching and pilot projects, are discussed.
Connect Time Variations, Carol Tenopir
Connect Time Variations, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Thee is little standardization in online rates, and database vendors continue to change pricing to balance concerns of users, producers and vendors. Some services have replaced connect-time pricing with information-based pricing.
The Emotions Of Searching, Carol Tenopir
The Emotions Of Searching, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Discusses research by the author and Diane Nahl (University of Hawaii) on how novice end users interact with CD-ROM, online public access catalogs (OPAC) and online systems. Measuring affective responses; Affective questions; How the librarian provides reassurance through answering the questions; Additional reading.
Online Law, Carol Tenopir
Online Law, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Mead Corp is selling Mead Data Central, the owner of the full-text legal resource database LEXIS. The major competitor of LEXIS is WESTLAW, which is introducing a voice-activated system using LawTalk and expanding natural language searching.
Overcoming The Black Box Syndrome, Carol Tenopir
Overcoming The Black Box Syndrome, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Discusses the `black box' approach favored by developers to make online or CD-ROM search software friendlier. The view that good online searching requires an understanding of how the computer processes information; Questions the searcher should ask; Boolean or statistical searching; How does it treat a blank; What does it search by default; How much should end users know.
Standardization Across Databases, Carol Tenopir
Standardization Across Databases, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Online data bases provide some facilities for multifile searching, but more standardization among separate data bases is necessary. Options for standardizing fields are discussed, and standardization efforts by Dialog and other data base distributors are reviewed.
Electronic Publishing, Carol Tenopir
Electronic Publishing, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Discusses electronic publishing. What it is; Its two stages; The two `choices' of publication types; ASCII; Fulltext databases; Use of CD-ROM; The choice each library must make; Electronic publications that are original publications; Whether electronic journals will ever replace print.
Target, Freestyle, Win: Searching Takes On A New Look, Carol Tenopir
Target, Freestyle, Win: Searching Takes On A New Look, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Compares three new search techniques available on major online systems: DIALOG's Target, Mead's Freestyle and West's WIN. Their advantages over their Boolean precursors; Details of what they each offer.
Quality In Distribution Channels, Carol Tenopir
Quality In Distribution Channels, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Discusses how quality relates to the information distribution channels of databases, with emphasis on the links between the database content or producer and the users. Choices for access; Assuring quality; Tendencies and prospects; Progress.