Online Review: Volume 3 Issue 4
Table of contents
The development of commercially available databases in Europe
Alex TombergThe post‐war database revolution was triggered by ‘missions’ like health and nucleonics. In the last 10 years, the emphasis in databases has shifted from science and technology to…
The U.S. Congress — online users as policymakers
N. GregoryDuring the past decade, the United States Congress has developed a wide array of online information databases and correspondence tracking systems. The legislators in Washington…
Online services in the Executive Office of the President
Sarah T. Kadec, Rhoda MancherThe Executive Office of the President's Office of Administration has restructured its informational organizational components to provide for better integration of information…
The Globe and Mail database — a Canadian first
Mary M. NashThere are many databases containing newspaper items available today. The Globe and Mail database is the first example of the entire text of a major daily newspaper available…
Planning search strategies for maximum retrieval from bibliographic databases
Arthur L. AdamsMethods for designing search strategies for maximum recall are discussed including minimizing the number of concepts intersected, isolating key subtopics, adapting the strategy to…
Methods for chemical substance searching online I. The basics
Charles OppenheimThis paper describes the principles behind some of the search method possibilities for online chemical databases. In a subsequent paper, the actual methods available will be…
Online user forum
Gerri G. LawrenceAs this column originated in the desire to provide a forum of discussion on topics essential to online user groups, it is timely to consider for a moment the role of online user…
Search corner
Results of Conference Papers Index Competition. The entries for this search corner contest were very varied and interesting. There was much discussion among the judges concerning…
News
Lockheed's Dialorder: document delivery at last. “From the early days of online database searching, we knew we were only wetting the appetites of users for information,” Dr. Roger…
Videotex news
TeleData The 3‐year trial period of TeleData, the Norwegian version of videotex, is underway in the industrial sector. Some 20 companies are taking part and they will be joined in…