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National Collegiate Software Clearinghouse, Raleigh, NC. – 1988
This computer software program bibliography available from the National Collegiate Software Clearinghouse (NCSC) includes programs for college students and researchers in anthropology, economics and business, education, English and text analysis, foreign language, general interest, history, management, philosophy and religion, political science,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Databases, Higher Education

Langerman, Shoshannah – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1986
Describes a computerized database of social sciences research activities in Israel. The problems of constructing a database in a small country with special linguistic problems are covered, and the printed products and services offered are described. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Databases, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Hebrew

Cohen, David A. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1986
This example of online searching, employed as a research method rather than as a tool to gather bibliographic information, used Magazine Index to collect data which were manipulated using geographic codes and compared with the buildings of a 1977 study on geographic bias in television news reporting. (EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bias, Broadcast Television, Data Collection
Kirsch, Robert A.; And Others – Book Report, 1989
The first article discusses CD-ROM pricing and provides a list of databases and magazines available on CD-ROM. The second provides guidelines for purchasing a CD-ROM workstation. The third describes the use of ERIC on CD-ROM as a research tool for high school students. The fourth describes the benefits of using online searching to teach research…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Databases, High Schools, Learning Resources Centers