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1983

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Software

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In‑House Databases Ii: Evaluating And Choosing Software, Carol Tenopir May 1983

In‑House Databases Ii: Evaluating And Choosing Software, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Informs that the column 'Online Databases' published in the May 1, 1983 issue of Library Journal will concentrate on evaluation of software for in-house databases. Dependence of software package evaluation on needs analysis; Identification of individual situation and constraints; Suggestion that evaluation should be done by matching the capabilities and characteristics of each package.


In‑House Databases I: Software Sources, Carol Tenopir Apr 1983

In‑House Databases I: Software Sources, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses the prospects of creating in-house databases for libraries in view of the advantages of online information access. Use of private file services instead of purchasing a software to create online database; Directories containing information about library-related microcomputer software; Periodicals carrying announcements and reviews of library software; Online directory providing information about library software.


Dialog’S Knowledge Index And Brs/After Dark: Database Searching On Personal Computers, Carol Tenopir Mar 1983

Dialog’S Knowledge Index And Brs/After Dark: Database Searching On Personal Computers, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

DIALOG's Knowledge Index and BRS' After Dark allow microcomputer owners to access these bibliographic databases cheaply at night. Online searching at home, as well as in the library, is now possible. Query languages are simplified, circumventing intermediary need. Both are reviewed.