Some Ethical Implications Regarding Electronic Information: Enhanced Access or Retrieval Barrier?.

Anderson, Byron

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ERIC Number: EJ466902

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Publication Date: 1993

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Some Ethical Implications Regarding Electronic Information: Enhanced Access or Retrieval Barrier?

Anderson, Byron

Thresholds in Education, v19 n1-2 p31-34 1993

Examines why so many people have trouble understanding and accessing online systems, using the ERIC Silver Platter CD-ROM as an example. All online systems require users to know the proper procedures (protocols) to access information; these differ from product to product and change constantly. Users should know a particular database's scope and coverage, since none is totally comprehensive. (MLH)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Higher Education, Information Management, Online Systems, User Needs (Information)

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Language: English

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