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Peer reviewedLamont, Melissa; Bowles, G. Ian – Information Technology and Libraries, 1997
Describes the Pennsylvania County Mapper, which provides economic and social data by county and enables users to create and customize electronic thematic maps through the Internet. Discusses conditions leading to the development of the site and basic requirements for service; relates experiences with building an online mapping system. (AEF)
Descriptors: Information Networks, Information Services, Information Sources, Internet
Bete, Tim, Ed. – School Planning and Management, 1997
Provides product information and resources from more than 1,200 companies for educational facility purchasing needs. It includes a directory of suppliers and products/services, a National School Supply and Equipment Association section, tips on reducing purchasing processing costs and writing better purchasing specifications, an index of past…
Descriptors: Educational Equipment, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Indexes
Keeler, Mary; Kloesel, Christian – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1997
Discusses the Peirce On-line Resource Testbed (PORT), a digital archive of primary data. Highlights include knowledge processing testbeds for digital resource development; Peirce's pragmatism in operation; PORT and knowledge processing; obstacles to archive access; and PORT as a paradigm for critical control in knowledge processing. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Cognitive Processes, Information Processing
Holt, Bonnie; Weiss, Ken; Niblack, Wayne; Flickner, Myron; Petkovic, Dragutin – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1997
Describes how the Art/Art History Department at the University of California at Davis are using QBIC (TM) (Query By Image Content) image query software as a tool for managing and retrieving images from online collections of digitized artwork. Two databases were created: a Web site linked to the department's home page and a non-web version that…
Descriptors: Art, Art History, Computer Software, Databases
Baptist, Hannes; Primas, Haimo; Schadler, Heinrich; Trivic, Gabrijela; Wedl, Boris; Weitzer, Helmut; Wober, Gernot; Schlogl, Christian; Czovek, Zoltan; Katona, Krisztina; Rozsa, Gabriella; Sutheo, Peter – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1997
Discusses the shortcomings of present online catalogs and some concepts and implementations for hypercatalogs. A prototype for a hypertext-based library catalog, HyperKGB, is described and its design principles and functionality are outlined. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Foreign Countries, Hypermedia, Information Retrieval
Buntrock, Robert E. – Searcher, 1997
Examines some of the many Internet/World Wide Web versions of MEDLINE and reports whether the file is "healthier" now than it was before. Describes two search examples and two non-National Library of Medicine Web MEDLINE sites. Notes that for MEDLINE searching, the user should pick a couple of sites and perform a personal comparisons and…
Descriptors: Health Services, Information Sources, Internet, Online Searching
Peer reviewedMiller, Shazia Rafiullah; Rosenbaum, James E. – Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, 1997
Interviews of 51 employers showed they do not use transcripts or teacher recommendations in hiring. They mistrust applicant information from most sources, emphasizing interviews and "gut instinct," which often gives invalid results. They tend to use information from other employees or long-term social networks. (SK)
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Interviews, Entry Workers, Information Sources
Quint, Barbara – Online User, 1997
Explains how to verify the quality of information found in an online search. Provides 17 tips on validating online information. (PEN)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Critical Viewing, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
Pasqua, Sandy – Community College Journalist, 1993
Reviews issues related to the future of journalism discussed at a February 1993 conference of the Journalism Association of Community Colleges. Describes the changing demographics of professional journalists and the new demands that will be placed upon them by a changing workplace. Discusses techniques for conducting investigative reporting. (MAB)
Descriptors: Demography, Futures (of Society), Information Sources, Investigations
Peer reviewedHider, Philip M. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1996
Describes three bibliometric analyses of articles in the United Kingdom anthropology journal, "Man," focusing on forms of materials cited; relative age of cited publications; and presentation history of articles. Discusses the applicability of bibliometric studies to anthropology librarianship, outlining problems and benefits. (AEF)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Bibliometrics, Citation Analysis, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSwain, Colleen R.; And Others – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1996
This introduction to the Internet and World Wide Web identifies benefits of the Internet to teachers and students, defines key terminology, considers some barriers to Internet use, and offers suggestions for integrating the Internet into the curriculum. An annotated listing of World Wide Web sites of interest to teachers is included. (DB)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Definitions, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Sutton, Stuart A., Ed.; Guenther, Rebecca; McCallum, Sally; Greenberg, Jane; Tennis, Joseph T.; Jun, Wang – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003
This special section of the "Bulletin" includes an introduction and the following articles: "New Metadata Standards for Digital Resources: MODS (Metadata Object and Description Schema) and METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard)"; "Metadata Generation: Processes, People and Tools"; "Data Collection for…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Electronic Libraries, Information Management, Information Networks
Mackenzie, Maureen L. – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Results of this study revealed that relationship, more than knowledge, may be the reason a manager is sought as an information source within a business environment. Social network mapping was used to capture a more intimate view of the information relationships within a business environment. Content analysis was used to analyze the data and to…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Business, Business Communication, Content Analysis
Kupersmith, John – Library Journal, 2003
Examines special-purpose entry points to library Web sites. Discusses in-house homepages; branch-specific pages or single library system-wide pages; staff use pages; versions in different languages; "MyLibrary" pages where users can customize the menu; standalone "branded" sites; publicly accessible pages; and best practices.…
Descriptors: Design Preferences, Information Sources, Libraries, Library Equipment
Beagle, Donald; Kenney, Anne R.; McGovern, Nancy Y.; Martinez, Ida T.; Heidig, Lance J.; Bonthron, Karen; Urquhart, Christine; Thomas, Rhian; Ellis, David; Everitt, Jean; Lonsdale, Ray; McDermott, Elizabeth; Morris, Helen; Phillips, Rebecca; Spink, Sian; Yeoman, Alison; Armstrong, Chris; Fenton, Roger; Paskin, Norman; Miller, Paul; Dawson, David; Perkins, John – D-Lib Magazine, 2003
Includes five articles that discusses c-space as a visualization schema related to keyword distribution in information retrieval; academic librarians and alternative information providers, such as Google and eBay; electronic journal use in higher education in the United Kingdom; digital object identifiers; and international audiences for digital…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Journals, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
