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Trends In End User Searching, Carol Tenopir
Trends In End User Searching, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Tenopir notes that five major end user trends have emerged this year: web versions, end user systems through the library, integration of information sources, the rethinking of proprietary software solutions, and specialized focus/customized products.
What’S New With Umi?, Carol Tenopir
What’S New With Umi?, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Discusses the status of UMI in November 1996. The history of UMI; UMI's launching of the ProQuest Direct online service; UMI's acquisition of DataTimes in September 1996; UMI's production of CD-ROM; UMI's PowerPages systems; How UMI provides full-text service; UMI's collaboration with the H.W. Wilson Company; Opinions on the future of indexing; The future of UMI.
Has Online Made Cd-Rom Obsolete?, Carol Tenopir
Has Online Made Cd-Rom Obsolete?, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Debates the longevity of CD-ROM with the rise of commercial online services and the Internet. Ways to measure the growth of the CD-ROM industry; What's available on CD-ROM; The introduction of DVD (digital videodiscs); When to use CD-ROM and when to use online services; Measurement on how long CD-ROM will still be used.
Generations Of Online Searching, Carol Tenopir
Generations Of Online Searching, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Presents an excerpt about online searching based on a presentation to the Florida Library Association. The assertion that online searching in the mid-1990s has its roots in earlier online generations; Evolution; Content/databases; People involved; Places people search; Uses for online services; Search engines/interfaces; Survival skills.
Online Copyright Dilemmas, Carol Tenopir
Online Copyright Dilemmas, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Discusses the benefit copyright protection provides to publishers and authors, and at the same time the dilemmas it raises in regard to the law in an online environment. The affirmation of copyright protection for electronic products by most courts; Online copyright compliance; The fees that are paid directly to publishers by large online document delivery services such as EBSCO; Advice on how librarians should handle electronic copyrights.
Front-End Software Proliferates, Carol Tenopir
Front-End Software Proliferates, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Discusses how online searchers are expecting to use a proprietary front-end software package to access their systems. Description of what front-end packages are; The markets to which they are aimed; What a successful front-end system features; KR ProBase.
Database Producers Go Online, Carol Tenopir
Database Producers Go Online, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Relates the expansion by several major producers of general interest databases to becoming online vendors. IAC, EBSCO, and UMI joining Wilson as online purveyors of their own content; Their use of client/server technology, Z39.50 compliance, graphical user interfaces, access over the Internet, and the use of the World Wide Web (WWW) for enhanced document delivery; Detailed description of each vendors' databse.
Moving To The Information Village, Carol Tenopir
Moving To The Information Village, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Explains how Engineering Information Inc.'s (EI) Engineering Information Village is a useful tool for librarians to bring order out of the chaotic information environment. Features of the Ei Village; The web as the heart of the Village; Ei Compendex Plus being the cornerstone of the village library; Prices; One of the first commercial integrated information products.
Guis Gain Prominence: Baton And Profound, Carol Tenopir
Guis Gain Prominence: Baton And Profound, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Many text-based interfaces are creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for their old information systems. Some of the most imaginative GUI examples are being developed by small online services, such as EyeQ by DataTimes and Baton system from NewsNet. These and other examples are discussed.