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Download full textWilliams, Warren; Merritt, Cathleen – Appleworks Forum, 1991
The monthly newsletter of the National AppleWorks Users Group (NAUG), "The AppleWorks Forum," serves as a clearinghouse for user-discovered applications and work-arounds. This article presents 10 of the most popular suggested applications for the program, including the development and use of word processing templates, the installation of…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Microcomputers, Spreadsheets
Palmer, Roger C. – 1988
Designed to help explain library automation to the librarian or student, this handbook presents a case to be solved, i.e., the creation of a book acquisition system for a special library; the steps to be taken to solve the problem; and a users' manual for the system to be provided to the client. The handbook is divided into three major sections:…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer System Design, Database Management Systems, Guidelines
Peer reviewedChun, Alan – Canadian Library Journal, 1987
Describes a microcomputer-assisted method of using the commercial dBase III software package for the management of a personal bibliographic storage and retrieval system. This system provides users with a systematic way of keeping, for rapid retrieval, references to papers or documents previously read. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Databases
Peer reviewedAntonucci, Yvonne Lederer; Wozny, Lucy Anne – Computers in Human Behavior, 1996
Identifies and describes sublevels of novices using a database management package, clustering those whose interaction is effective, partially effective, and totally ineffective. Among assistance documentation, functional tree diagrams (FTDs) were more beneficial to partially effective users than traditional reference material. The results have…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Diagrams, Instructional Effectiveness
Ensor, Pat – Computers in Libraries, 1992
Describes presentations made at a forum on automation, interlibrary loan (ILL), and document delivery sponsored by the Houston Area Library Consortium. Highlights include access versus ownership; software for ILL; fee-based services; automated management systems for ILL; and electronic mail and online systems for end-user-generated ILL requests.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Conferences, Database Management Systems
Rice, James G. – American Libraries, 1988
Describes Vannevar Bush's vision of memex, a mechanized private file and library, and suggests that the ability of users to download library online catalogs and manage the information on personal computers will realize Bush's vision. Current software packages are described, and the possible implications for libraries are explored. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedJones, S.; And Others – Journal of Documentation, 1997
Discusses the use of transaction logging in Okapi-related projects to allow search algorithms and user interfaces to be investigated, evaluated, and compared. A series of examples is presented, illustrating logging software for character-based and graphical user interface systems, and demonstrating the usefulness of relational database management…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Database Management Systems
Online, Inc., Weston, CT. – 1987
Reprints of 19 articles pertaining to library microcomputing appear in this collection, the second of two volumes on this topic in a series of volumes of reprints from "ONLINE" and "DATABASE" magazines. Edited for information professionals who use electronically distributed databases, these articles address such topics as: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Artificial Intelligence, Bibliographies, Computer Software
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
