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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

1991

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Changes Wrought By Cd-Rom, Carol Tenopir Dec 1991

Changes Wrought By Cd-Rom, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

By 1988 almost 60% of US academic and public libraries were using CD-ROM databases. CD-ROM products have changed library collections, patron expectations and reference service.

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Options For Accessing Databases, Carol Tenopir Nov 1991

Options For Accessing Databases, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

A survey was conducted of the database searching options offered by research libraries. Most libraries offer two or more search options. Mediated online searching was the most common, followed by CD-ROM and online end user searching.

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Cd-Rom, Online, And Databases On Opacs In Research Libraries: Competition Or Coexistence?, Carol Tenopir, Ralf Neufang Nov 1991

Cd-Rom, Online, And Databases On Opacs In Research Libraries: Competition Or Coexistence?, Carol Tenopir, Ralf Neufang

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

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Survey, Analysis And Evaluation Criteria Of Full Text Systems, Carol Tenopir, Gerald W. Lundeen Oct 1991

Survey, Analysis And Evaluation Criteria Of Full Text Systems, Carol Tenopir, Gerald W. Lundeen

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

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Predicting The Future, Carol Tenopir Oct 1991

Predicting The Future, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Five factors will influence the online databases of the future: telecommunications developments, scanning and storage improvements, increasing database distribution options, user needs and demands, and changes in database production.

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How Up-To-Date Is That Update?, Carol Tenopir Sep 1991

How Up-To-Date Is That Update?, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Timeliness of online and CD-ROM databases depends on both the frequency of updates and the currency of information being added in each update. Comparisons of two CD-ROM indexes - LISA and Library Lit - and of 12 online databases are offered.

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Online Databases: Today And Tomorrow, Carol Tenopir Aug 1991

Online Databases: Today And Tomorrow, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

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Searching With Menus, Carol Tenopir Jul 1991

Searching With Menus, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

BRS, DIALOG and OCLC's EPIC are three major online systems that provide menu searching in addition to their command interfaces. The menus used by these three systems are described.

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Cd-Rom Goes Consumer, Carol Tenopir Jun 1991

Cd-Rom Goes Consumer, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

CD-ROM products have already been enthusiastically received by librarians and educators, but now CD-ROM publishers are seeking to make inroads in the consumer market.

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The Same Databases On Different Systems, Carol Tenopir May 1991

The Same Databases On Different Systems, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Decisions made by database producers and online vendors or just plain old errors may result in different versions of the same database. Differences in processing and loading, MEDLINE, spelling variations and CD-ROM are discussed.

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The Most Popular Databases, Carol Tenopir Apr 1991

The Most Popular Databases, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Notes the proliferation of online databases in the last two decades and suggests publications which can help librarians to make decisions about choosing a database. Discussion of information in the book "Directory of Online Databases," by Carlos Cuadra and "Computer-Readable Databases: A Directory and Data Sourcebook," with a preface by Martha E. Williams; Mention of the most popular databases, including MEDLINE, NEXIS, ERIC, World Patents, Predicasts files, Chemical Abstracts (CA) File, CA Search, and Financial Information Service; Discussion of databases most used by academic, corporate, and law libraries; View that popular databases are sought after because they have been in …

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Wilson Branches Out, Carol Tenopir Mar 1991

Wilson Branches Out, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

This article reports that by March or April 1991, all of the H. W. Wilson Company databases will become available on the Bibliographic Retrieval Service (BRS) online system. After seven years of exclusivity on WILSONLINE, the Wilson databases are branching out and BRS is only the first extension. Starting in 1986, Wilson offered ways to access electronic versions of its indexes. Many libraries have purchased selected Wilson indexes on CD-ROM to emphasize end-user searching. BRS implementation of the Wilson files is planned in stages throughout 1991. Stage 1 will bring up Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, Applied Science & Technology …

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The Impact Of Cd-Rom On Online, Carol Tenopir Feb 1991

The Impact Of Cd-Rom On Online, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

CD-ROM has reawakened the term migration, but this time the fear is of migration from online use of databases to CD-ROM. CD-ROM sources and the possible impacts on online databases are examined.

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