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The End-User Cometh and Cometh Again and Again.

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Nicholas, David; Frossling, Ingrid – 1996

This article examines the impact of end-users on the information profession and looks ahead to what the future holds. It examines three waves of end-users that emerged with new search technologies: (1) full-text, natural language online systems; (2) CD-ROMs; and (3) the Internet. In the 1980s, when full-text online systems such as Textline, NEXIS,…

Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Databases, Electronic Libraries