Online in academia: a survey of online searching in US colleges and universities

Abstract

Although online searching has been available to libraries since the late 1960s, it is only in very recent years that a significant number of academic institutions have begun offering information retrieval through commercial vendors such as Dialog, BRS (Bibliographic Retrieval Service), and SDC's (System Development Corporation's) Orbit. Because online searching is so new compared with traditional library services, it is still developing as a standard offering in most academic libraries.

Citation

McKinney, G. and Page Mosby, A. (1986), "Online in academia: a survey of online searching in US colleges and universities", Online Review, Vol. 10 No. 2, pp. 107-124. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb024209