Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 23 Issue 2

CD‐ROM: an end user training tool? — the experience of using Medline in a small medical school library

Nicky Whitsed

The arrival of CD‐ROM (compact disc read only memory) databases provides the opportunity for libraries to gain valuable experience in teaching end users how to search for…

A review of some significant developments in microcomputer hardware and software: their implications for selection

John Eyre

The continual changes and developments in microcomputers, the peripherals and associated software, have led to a confusion of choice. It is necessary to understand the…

Microcomputer software for information retrieval: how to make a well‐founded choice

Charles L. Citroen

Three types of software have been evaluated which can be used on IBM‐compatible microcomputers: programs for terminal emulation and communication, programs for conversion of…

Development of BLCMP's Online Public Access Catalogue

William Foster, Richard Wellings

BLCMP has been providing a computerised cataloguing service for nearly 20 years. Over the last five years the emphasis of its activities has been towards the implementation of an…

The use of the Unesco Common Communication Format in Yugoslavia

Mirna Willer, SneŽAna PanteliĆ

The article describes problems in the implementation of the CCF (Common Communication Format), namely the use of content designators and record structure, taking into account the…

Applications of microcomputers in the European Community

Christian Lupovici

Susan Martin identified in 1986 three factors responsible for a dramatic change in automated networking environment; the first of which was the use of microcomputers, which enable…

A dBase program for bibliographic databases

David A. Smith

The intention of this paper is to suggest the use of dBase software for setting up bibliographic files of special or selected collections of library materials. This has resulted…

Fangwel: a program to generate complex author bibliographies from a Cardbox‐plus database

John Davies

The Anglo‐Welsh (ANGWEL) database/bibliography project is commissioned and funded by the Welsh Arts Council and the Welsh Academy. It has run from April 1987 in two phases: