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Peer reviewedWilliams, Martha E. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1986
Provides overview of design requirements for transparent information retrieval (implies that user sees through complexity of retrieval activities sequence). Highlights include need for transparent systems; history of transparent retrieval research; information retrieval functions (automated converters, routers, selectors, evaluators/analyzers);…
Descriptors: Databases, Design Requirements, History, Information Systems
Findlay, A. W. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1979
The computer is seen as a powerful tool that offers great potential for administrators in tertiary institutions. The impact of the computer on processing data, database concept, computer communication, utilization of operations data for analytical reports, use of management science tools, and evolution in administrative data processing are…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computers, Data Processing, Databases
Buckel, William L. – Library Journal, 1986
Explains rationale behind proposed voluntary U.S. standard computerized library catalog called the "Uniform Catalog." Design goals (should mimic manual card catalog, offer simplicity of operation and low overhead, permit modular growth to more advanced catalog), sample search, and nine commands and functions used by "Uniform…
Descriptors: Databases, Display Systems, Library Automation, Library Catalogs
Warren, John – 1989
This paper presents background information about the development and functions of hypertext and predicts future changes in converting text into hypertext. The paper describes hypertext as a computer system that allows the interconnection of information in a way that is "transparent" (does not intrude on or interfere with the reader's…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Computers, Context Clues, Databases
Hu, Chengren – 1988
This paper describes a study that was undertaken at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to compare the databases selected by 75 inexperienced student online searchers aided by an existing gateway system--INFOMASTER, a version of EASYNET--with databases selected manually by four experienced searchers who were reference librarians from…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Artificial Intelligence, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Jones, Robert Alun; And Others – Academic Computing, 1990
These three articles discuss the use of hypertext and hypermedia systems in higher education. Topics addressed include knowledge acquisition; learning processes; access to information (highlighting the printing press, subject specialists, and broadcast media); the Perseus Project; authoring tools; incorporating hypermedia within courseware; user…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Authoring Aids (Programing), Broadcast Industry, Case Studies
