Localizing CD-ROM Databases in the College Library: Eliminating the Negative and Accentuating the Positive.

Everett, David

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ERIC Number: EJ497875

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Localizing CD-ROM Databases in the College Library: Eliminating the Negative and Accentuating the Positive.

Everett, David

College & Undergraduate Libraries, v1 n1 p35-40 1994

Discusses CD-ROM databases in college libraries and lists several ways to make local periodical holdings easily identifiable to users. Topics include standard inputting formats for library databases; updating databases; search strategies; and suggestions for teaching techniques to improve search effectiveness. (five references) (SLW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Online Searching, Optical Data Disks, Search Strategies, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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