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Peer reviewedKahle, Brewster M.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1993
Describes five interfaces to remote, full-text databases accessed through distributed systems of servers. These are WAIStation for the Macintosh, XWAIS for X-Windows, GWAIS for Gnu-Emacs; SWAIS for dumb terminals, and Rosebud for the Macintosh. Sixteen illustrations provide examples of display screens. Problems and needed improvements are…
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Full Text Databases, Gateway Systems, Illustrations
