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Peer reviewedBudd, John M.; Williams, Karen A. – College and Research Libraries, 1993
Describes a study of the current usage and status of CD-ROM products. Results of a survey of academic and research libraries that covered products owned or subscribed to, how they are paid for, numbers of workstations, usage, and cost are reported. The years 1984-85 and 1989-90 are compared. Cancellation of print sources is also addressed.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Budgets, Comparative Analysis
Sullivan, Kathryn – 1989
Integrating comments from the literature about CD-ROMs, online searching, and information retrieval, this report describes the initial experience of using InfoTrac at Winona State University (WSU). After finding that students did not tend to order fee-based online searches, the WSU library provided access on a trial basis to bibliographic…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis


