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Peer reviewedTeskey, Niall; And Others – Online Review, 1987
Reviews current systems designed to help end-users search online databases without the assistance of an intermediary and describes a prototype system which emulates the Deco (the text storage and retrieval system used by Unilever) interface on Dialog and Data-Star. Initial trials of the prototype system are reported. (15 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer System Design, Formative Evaluation, Man Machine Systems
Peer reviewedBarta, Thomas A.; Kuo, Ren-jieh – Online Review, 1991
Describes a method of organizing the hypertext software files in a database containing legal information on housing discrimination to prevent the user from becoming disoriented in the system. The expert system of which the database is a part is explained, and the disorientation problem is discussed. (six references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Databases
Peer reviewedBlake, Paul – Online Review, 1992
Describes the MenUSE (Menu-based User Search Engine) retrieval system for multilingual database searching and reviews the status of other similar projects funded by the European Communities Commission. A Japanese-English version of MenUSE is explained, including its use of HyperCard software. (LRW)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software, Computer System Design, English
