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Download full textGonzalez-Stupp, Emma; Wildemuth, Barbara M. – 1985
This manual provides information to aid home computer owners in performing literature searches of ERIC and other education and social science databases using the BRS Information Technologies "After Dark" system. Assuming some familiarity with printed ERIC indexes or online searches, this manual is divided into five chapters. It is…
Descriptors: Adults, Bibliographic Utilities, Databases, Educational Research
Gonzalez-Stupp, Emma; Wildemuth, Barbara M. – 1986
This manual provides information to aid home computer owners in performing literature searches of ERIC and other education and social science databases, such as the DIALOG Information Services "Knowledge Index" System. Assuming some familiarity with printed ERIC indexes or online searches, this manual is divided into five chapters. It is…
Descriptors: Adults, Bibliographic Utilities, Databases, Educational Research
Desmarais, Norman – Optical Information Systems, 1989
This excerpt from "The CD-ROM Handbook" (Desmarais, Meckler Corp., 1988) describes a variety of CD-ROM products with library applications. Highlights include cataloging services; acquisitions; public access catalogs; reference works; indexes and databases; and names and addresses of 30 vendors connected with the optical publishing…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Indexes, Library Acquisition
Arnold, Stephen – Online, 1993
Provides an interview with K. Wayne Smith, chief executive officer of OCLC, that focuses on OCLC's online reference services. Topics include the ratio between technical and online reference services, how OCLC fits into the online industry, telecommunications, electronic publishing, pricing, database tape leases, and CD-ROM. (EAM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Electronic Publishing, Interviews
Peer reviewedSmith, K. Wayne – Library Hi Tech, 1993
Reviews the history of OCLC and describes current and future objectives. Highlights include membership; network affiliations; cataloging services; interlibrary loan; EPIC, a new reference system; a new telecommunications network; PRISM, a new online system for cataloging and resource sharing; pricing strategies; international operations; and…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Computer Networks, Electronic Publishing
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., Dublin, OH. – 1991
This report on some of the strategic planning decisions that OCLC has made for the 21st century begins by describing the evolution of OCLC from a pioneer in the computer revolution with its Online Union Catalog and Shared Cataloging System in 1971 to a system that currently has nearly 60 distinct offerings. Corresponding computer and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging
Peer reviewedHearty, John; Smith, Robert – Information Services and Use, 1993
Describes the strategic plan developed for reference services offered by OCLC Online Computer Library Center to provide easier access to, and use of, information and knowledge. Topics addressed include the environment of libraries and publishers, including budgets, networks, and pricing, and future plans, including an emphasis on online products.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Budgeting, Computer Networks
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., Dublin, OH. – 1991
Beginning this annual report is a letter to the OCLC membership from OCLC President and Chief Executive Officer, K. Wayne Smith. Statistical data are then presented in tables and/or graphs for OCLC programs and the system's financial status for fiscal years 1990/91 and 1989/90; the growth of the OCLC Online Union Catalog from 1971-1991 in terms of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Annual Reports, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Utilities
