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White, Martin – Electronic Library, 2000
Outlines the generic features of enterprise information portal applications, or corporate portals, which provide users with access to internal and external information resources through a customizable Web browser interface. Examines approaches being taken by vendors, many of whom are adapting software developed for document management and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Computer Software Development
Garzotto, Franca; Salmon, Tullio; Pigozzi, Massimiliano – 2003
A framework for the design of multi-channel (MC) applications in the cultural tourism domain is presented. Several heterogeneous interface devices are supported including location-sensitive mobile units, on-site stationary devices, and personalized CDs that extend the on-site experience beyond the visit time thanks to personal memories gathered…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Culture
Koehler, Wallace; Mincey, Danielle – Searcher, 1996
Compares and evaluates the differences between OCLC's dial-up and World Wide Web FirstSearch access methods and their interfaces with the underlying databases. Also examines NetFirst, OCLC's new Internet catalog, the only Internet tracking database from a "traditional" database service. (Author/PEN)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Computer Interfaces, Databases
Hahn, Trudi Bellardo – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1998
Provides an overview of online systems and search engines, highlighting search (relationships between terms and interpretation of words), browse, and Web search engine capabilities, iterative searches, canned or stored queries, vocabulary browsing, delivery of full source documents, simple and advanced user interfaces, and global access. Notes…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Document Delivery, Global Approach
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Quam, Eileen – Government Information Quarterly, 2001
Explains Minnesota's Foundations Project, a multiagency collaboration to improve access to environmental and natural resources information. Discusses the use of the Dublin core metadata standard for Web resources and describes three studies that included needs assessment, Bridges Web site user interface, and usability of controlled vocabulary in…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Environmental Research, Government Publications
Kmiec, Angela; Pinchback, Melissa Piper; Rebelsky, Samuel A. – 2002
At the center of hypertext is the link, an active connection from part of one document to another document (or part of that document). In the early days of the World Wide Web, it was easy for readers to identify the links on the page: the unvisited links appeared in blue and underlined, the visited links appeared in red or purple and underlined.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Hypermedia
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Blackmore, Paul – Information Services & Use, 1997
This article identifies benefits of using Internet technologies in an organization's intranet or internal information system: ease-of-use, one interface, implementation cost, access, information services (flat content and interactive intranets), support desks (via Web services and e-mail), document management. Discusses the impact of intranets on…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Costs, Electronic Mail
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Barnum, George – Government Information Quarterly, 2002
Discusses efforts by the Federal Depository Library Program to make information accessible more or mostly by electronic means. Topics include Web-based locator tools; collection development; digital archives; bibliographic metadata; and access tools and user interfaces. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Bibliographic Records, Computer Interfaces
Leigh, Sally-Anne – 2000
This paper focuses on the development, adoption, and integration of resource discovery, knowledge management, and/or knowledge sharing interfaces such as interactive portals, and the use of the library's World Wide Web presence to increase the availability and usability of information services. The introduction addresses changes in library…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Foreign Countries, Information Management
Howell, Caro; Porter, Dan – 2003
The latest development to come out of ongoing research at Tate Modern, London's new museum of modern art, is i-Map art resources for blind and partially sighted people that are delivered online. Currently i-Map explores the work of Matisse and Picasso, their innovations, influences and personal motivations, as well as key concepts in modern art.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Art, Assistive Technology, Blindness
Thibeault, Nancy – 1998
Each semester at Miami University (Ohio) the secretaries struggle to update the Campus Directory database in order to print the campus telephone and office/class hours directory. It is a time-consuming process and the directory is usually late and out-of-date by the time it is printed. The university's Computer Services Manager has created a Web…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Faculty, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software Development
Guenther, Kim – Online, 1999
Describes the development of Web portals, or interfaces, to allow users at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Library to tailor library resources and services more closely to their needs. Topics include defining the users; user group needs assessment; identifying and evaluating resources; access issues; and future enhancements. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Computer Interfaces, Evaluation Methods
Devadason, Francis; Intaraksa, Neelawat; Patamawongjariya, Pornprapa; Desai, Kavita – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2001
Describes an experimental system designed to organize and provide access to Web documents using a faceted pre-coordinate indexing system based on the Deep Structure Indexing System (DSIS) derived from POPSI (Postulate based Permuted Subject Indexing) of Bhattacharyya, and the facet analysis and chain indexing system of Ranganathan. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design
Witten, Ian H.; Bainbridge, David; Boddie, Stefan J. – 2001
Digital library systems focus principally on the reader: the consumer of the material that constitutes the library. In contrast, this paper describes an interface that makes it easy for people to build their own library collections. Collections may be built and served locally from the user's own Web server, or (given appropriate permissions)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software Development, Electronic Libraries
Vorndran, Gerald – 1997
Until recently, the World Wide Web (WWW) public access search engines have not included many of the advanced commands, options, and features commonly available with the for-profit online database user interfaces, such as DIALOG. This study evaluates the features and characteristics common to both types of search interfaces, examines the Web search…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Databases, Online Searching
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