Accessing Ethnic Group Information on CD-ROM: The Case of Southeast Asia.

Carter, Christina E.

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Publication Date: 1994

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Accessing Ethnic Group Information on CD-ROM: The Case of Southeast Asia.

Carter, Christina E.

Reference Librarian, n45-46 p171-84 1994

Discusses the need for information on ethnic groups in academic library reference departments; describes the use of automated indexes, CD-ROM, and online databases; and gives examples of indexing and usage of terms related to Southeast Asians in four CD-ROM databases: InfoTrac EF (Extended Family), ERIC, PsycLIT, and Business Periodicals Index. (Contains 13 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Asian Americans, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Ethnic Groups, Higher Education, Indexes, Information Needs, Library Services, Online Systems, Optical Data Disks, Reference Services, Subject Index Terms

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Language: English

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