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McCormick, John – Science Probe, 1991
Describes how anyone with a personal computer and a telephone can easily go "online" with hundreds of different bulletin board services (BBS), many of which are ideal data sources and information exchanges for amateur scientists. Lists contact information for selected commercial and governmental BBS systems. (Author/JJK)
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers, Modems
Download full textRyan, Joe – 1985
This guide introduces the reader to the basics of online database searching using a microcomputer. Following definitions of the terms online, database, and searching, the guide presents information on the online environment, hardware needed, software needed, and configuring the software. A tutorial on online searching covers how to decide when to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Glossaries, Guidelines
Morgan, Nancy A. – 1996
As K-12 schools connect to the Internet, a new means of communication opens up to educators and students. This updated digest describes some sample services and resources available to the K-12 community via electronic mail. Information sources covered include: question answering services, including AskERIC and the Online Writing Lab; listservs or…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Educational Resources, Educational Technology, Electronic Mail
Gratch, Bonnie – 1988
This guide provides step-by-step instructions for the end user for searching the ERIC database on CD-ROM using the Dialog OnDisc software. Topics include: (1) preparing for the search by analyzing the information need; (2) beginning the search and selecting a search option; (3) modifying the search; (4) displaying the records; (5) printing all…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Menu Driven Software, Microcomputers
Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI. Dept. of Library Science. – 1978
This publication outlines and presents a series of 27 learning modules for a course in medical librarianship intended to be conducted in an individualized instructional framework featuring lectures, small group discussions, talks by guest speakers from the medical profession, on-site observation of hospital libraries, on-line demonstrations of…
Descriptors: Databases, Health Services, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Peer reviewedEkwurzel, Drucilla; Saffran, Bernard – Journal of Economic Literature, 1985
The basics of online searching for bibliographic citations are presented through use of the "Economic Literature Index" (ELI), which is available as File 139 on Dialog Information Services. This article focuses on the choice of media for bibliographic searches, search strategies, and the selection of alternative databases, such as…
Descriptors: Databases, Economic Research, Economics, Information Needs
