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Peer reviewedBeheshti, Jamshid; Large, Andy – CD-ROM Professional, 1992
The effects of CD-ROM networking on system response time was studied at McGill University using WilsonDisc, Dialog OnDisc, and Silver Platter. Using a 10-station local area network, response times were measured for searches using index terms, truncation, and the Boolean "and." Results show that increased numbers of users increased…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Networks, Higher Education, Information Networks
