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Direct linkAvdic, Anders; Eklund, Anders – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2010
The Internet has made it possible for students to access a vast amount of high-quality references when writing papers. Yet research has shown that the use of reference databases is poor and the quality of student papers is consequently often below expectation. The objective of this article is twofold. First, it aims to describe the problems…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Databases, Student Experience, Reference Materials
Ottosson, Per-Gunnar – Journal of Archival Organization, 2005
In the development of gateways to archives there are two different approaches, one focusing on the descriptions of the material and the other on the creators. Search and retrieval with precision and quality require controlled access points and name authority control. National registries of private archives have a long tradition in implementing the…
Descriptors: Archives, Foreign Countries, Documentation, Libraries
Peer reviewedGaller, Anne M. – Education Libraries, 1997
Explains what an education library is and describes methods used in seeking out such libraries on an international basis. Libraries in Sweden, Finland, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Canada are described, including address, World Wide Web page, mission, history, clientele, type of collection, services, publications, and databases. (LRW)
Descriptors: Databases, Foreign Countries, Library Collections, Library Services
Download full textTell, Bjorn; Gluchowicz, Zofia – 1972
During the five years of activities the documentation centre at the Royal Institute of Technology has established itself as an information centre in the fields of science and technology. The SDI service is now well implemented and its activities are used and appreciated by scientists, research workers and engineers at the universities, research…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval
Tell, B. – 1973
The information service performed by the Royal Institute of Technology handles requests from both university users and from industry. Fourteen data bases are currently used for SDI purposes. The system is of a general nature which permits inclusion of various data bases of completely different tape formats. Any combination of elements of a…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Databases, Industry, Information Services
Peer reviewedFjallbrant, Nancy; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1983
Describes how group of end users (engineering undergraduates) at Chalmers University of Technology were trained to perform interactive online searching on BYGGDOK, a small, specialized Scandinavian database. Goals and objectives of the instruction, teaching methods, evaluation, and comparison of searching between end users and intermediaries are…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Engineering Education
