Online Review: Volume 2 Issue 1
Table of contents
Search corner
This Section presents tips on on‐line searching, sample searches on various data bases, and search problems that our readers have found particularly challenging. We encourage…
Conference report: FIRST INTERNATIONAL ONLINE INFORMATION MEETING
Martin S. WhiteTuesday 13th December 1977 was a cold, damp day in London, but the staff of the registration desk at the Tara Hotel soon got warmed up as over 400 delegates from twenty‐four…
Use of on‐line bibliographic search in public libraries: a retrospective evaluation
O. Firschein, R.K. Summit, C.K. MickThe results of the DIALIB project are described. This three‐year experiment of on‐line bibliographic search in the public library had as major participants four public libraries…
Standards for a user‐system interface language in on‐line retrieval systems: The challenge and the responsibility
Pauline AthertonStandards are generally accepted and documented sets of conditions to be fulfilled. They are of several kinds: dimensional, performance, testing, technical terms and symbols, and…
Online information retrieval bibliography
Donald T. HawkinsThis is the first update of the bibliography on online information retrieval that was published as a supplement to Vol. 1 of this journal. The update contains 436 references. The…