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Knight-Ridder’S Shopping Spree, Carol Tenopir Dec 1995

Knight-Ridder’S Shopping Spree, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Reports on Knight-Ridder's expansion of its role in the information world. Purchase of CARL Corporation and UnCover Company; Background information on Knight-Ridder and CARL Corporation and UnCover; International opportunities; Minority investments.


Internet Issues In Reference, Carol Tenopir Oct 1995

Internet Issues In Reference, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

More public and academic libraries are offering Internet access, and various problems must be resolved. Issues such as patrons using the Internet for playing games or viewing pornography, librarians controlling traffic at workstations and legal matters are discussed.


Retooling Online Services, Carol Tenopir Sep 1995

Retooling Online Services, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Points out that DataTimes is one of the traditional online services that has tried to rethink and and retool its online future. Based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Focus on full texts of business and news material; The use of EyeQ; Subscription pricing; Difficulties of EyeQ.


Picking The Best Databases, Carol Tenopir Jul 1995

Picking The Best Databases, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Looks at the process of database evaluation and recommends the book `The Online 100: ONLINE Magazine's Field Guide to the 100 Most Important Online Datebases.' Selection of the best databases in 10 subject catgories chosen by a consensus of a powerful group of online experts.


Electronic Reference Options: Tracking The Changes., Carol Tenopir, Ralf Neufang Jul 1995

Electronic Reference Options: Tracking The Changes., Carol Tenopir, Ralf Neufang

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

A survey of 96 academic libraries belonging to the Association of Research Libraries reveals that the popularity of the four primary electronic reference mediums - online public access catalogs (OPACs), CD-ROM, end-user online and intermediary online - increased between 1991 and 1994. All the libraries provide CD-ROM access. Ninety-five provide intermediary online searching; 63, end-user online searching; and 71, tape loaded databases through OPACs.


Ascii Full Texts, Carol Tenopir Jun 1995

Ascii Full Texts, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses various aspects of ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) full text systems. What full text includes; Limitations of image files; What searchable ASCII text offers; Nonsearchable ASCII; H.W. Wilson Company's WilsonText; Wilson Author Biographies.


Internet Use And Training In University Libraries, Carol Tenopir, Ralf Neufang May 1995

Internet Use And Training In University Libraries, Carol Tenopir, Ralf Neufang

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

University research libraries in the United States and Canada were surveyed to determine their use of a variety of electronic reference tools. An 85% response rate provided us with information about university library use of CD-ROM, remote online, locally loaded databases, and Internet access. The biggest change since our 1991 survey of the same libraries was in their provision of Internet access to users through the library. Follow-up interviews provided more in-depth information on how university libraries are managing Internet access, staff and user training programs, and changes in library staff attitudes or user attitudes since Internet access was introduced. …


Reference Services From Rlg, Carol Tenopir May 1995

Reference Services From Rlg, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

RLG is the producer of Research Libraries Information Network, a bibliographic database with 69 millions records and a strong humanities emphasis. Other services are the Eureka online search system, the Zephyr Z39.50 client/server system and the CitaDel databases.


Integrating Electronic Reference., Carol Tenopir Apr 1995

Integrating Electronic Reference., Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Offers information from a 1994 survey of Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) members by the author and reference librarian Ralf Neufang and compares it with 1991 survey of the same group. How most of the 96 responding libraries provide CD-ROM databases for patrons; Intermediary online; End user online; Tape-loaded databases; Patron access to the Internet; Patron expectations; User instruction; Integrated reference.


Good-Bye Brs, Hello Cdp Online, Carol Tenopir Mar 1995

Good-Bye Brs, Hello Cdp Online, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses CDP Online, from CD-ROM vendor, CDP Technologies. How CDP bought and revitalized the Bibliographic Retrieval Service (BRS); CDP's OVID software; CDP Online and its databases; Software interfaces and commands; Software functionality; Pricing; Number for more information.


Online Images On Stn, Carol Tenopir Feb 1995

Online Images On Stn, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Chemical Journals of the American Chemical Society has increased the usefulness of its online files by adding images to the ASCII text. Instructions are presenting for searching the STN International network and downloading information.


Priorities Of Quality, Carol Tenopir Jan 1995

Priorities Of Quality, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

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