Reviews the development of a fault tolerant database processor system which replaced OCLC's conventional file system. A general introduction to database management systems and the operating environment is followed by a description of the hardware selection, software processes, and system characteristics. (SW)

Presents an overview of nonbibliographic computerized databases in business and economics, science and technology, and the social sciences, and discusses some major issues in the field. (FM)

Description of AVLINE, a computerized information system that lists audiovisual materials in a broad or specific health-related area. It contains information about nonprint instructional materials in two categories: (1) instructional packages and (2) documentation of scheduled educational events. (JOW)

State education agencies, once passive, have assumed an important role in the collection and dissemination of education-related data for use at all levels of government and for a variety of purposes. (Author)

Explores design considerations of links between acquisitions and circulation systems, either manual or automated. Areas of concern include record formats, linking of data fields, and future demands of maintaining the interface. The benefits to these links are in transferring rather than recreating data, and in providing collection development…

In order to compare effects of input processing on information retrieval in three databases, 25 articles from a specific journal were examined. Tables and Venn diagrams show retrieval results from different manual and computer searches. The relation between document surrogates and subject matter of the documents is discussed. (SW)

Summarizes how the North Carolina Educational Computing Service, a regional resource sharing network, has responded to increasingly varied demands for services. (Author/CHC)

Summarizes trends in the dissemination and exchange of geoscience information. Two major themes in 1980 are (1) the growth and development of computerized data bases, and (2) increased cooperation among professional organizations and government agencies. (Author/WB)

Findings of a longitudinal study indicate high success rates for OCLC as a source of cataloging copy. They further suggest that holding patterns for many types of materials may be unnecessary. (Author/RAA)

A brief introduction to information retrieval by use of a variety of computer data bases including ERIC is presented. (JMF)

Describes the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system, its products and services with special emphasis on the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources. Three scenarios of search requests applicable to needs of developing nations are included. (JEG)

Describes the use of external databases, and the design and implementation of new internal systems for the Executive Office of the President. Possible benefits suggested include enhanced communication, and improved administrative, management, and reference support capabilities. (RAA)

Discusses problem preparation and specification along with search strategies and techniques employed by an information scientist in assisting users of on-line data bases, and briefly reviews ways to save computer time. (CWM)

One of the main problems for the chemist conducting any type of research is ascertaining what has been reported, and where. This problem stems from: (1) the diffuseness of the publications which contain articles relevant to the educational researcher; and (2) the lack of a comprehensive abstract and information retrieval service. (Author/BB)

Examines the computer networks as systems of power and focuses on the United States' domination of the hardware and software markets and on the international implications of this dominance. (JMF)