Online Review: Volume 4 Issue 4

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An examination of the relationship between searching behavior and searcher background

Carol Hansen Fenichel

Five groups of searchers each performed two of four pre‐selected searches on the DIALOG system using ONTAP, the 1975 subset of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC…

Online document retrieval system education for undergraduates: rationale, content and observations

Glenn R. Lowry

A course in basic information retrieval principles and use of online document retrieval systems is a curriculum requirement for undergraduate computer science students at Stockton…

REFLES: An individual microcomputer system for fact retrieval

Kathleen T. Bivins, Roger C. Palmer

The paper describes the development and system design of REFLES, a microcomputer‐based system for in‐house data files, in both its prototype and next‐stage versions. Specifics of…

In‐house training for online searching at a special library

John Heyer

In 1977, the U.S. General Accounting Office Library greatly increased its staff of online searchers and the number of online systems used. The author developed and conducted…

An online associative query modification methodology

Scott E. Preece

An online system of associative information retrieval is described. The system uses a network representation of the information in a bibliographic database and a processing…

Implications of artificial intelligence for end user use of online systems

Linda C. Smith

At present the end user must often rely on an intermediary to make use of available online systems. Artificial intelligence (AI) holds the possibility of making systems accessible…

The use of microelectronics to assist online information retrieval

P.W. Williams

There is now available the technology to substantially improve the quality of online information retrieval at low cost. It is possible by using microcomputers to economize on…

Online user forum

Gerri G. Lawrence

Starting at home base — The Houston Online User Group sponsored an October meeting: The Federal Government: Information On‐line. Topics covered included NIH‐EPA, NLM, NTIS and…

ISSN:

0309-314X

Online date, start – end:

1977 – 1992

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited