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Tenopir, Carol; Berglund, Sharon – Database, 1993
Examines the similarities, differences, and full-text features of the three most-used online systems for full-text searching in general libraries: DIALOG, Data-Star, and NEXIS. Overlapping databases, unique sources, search features, proximity operators, set building, language enhancement and word equivalencies, and display features are discussed.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Full Text Databases, Graphs, Online Searching
Pack, Thomas – Database, 1994
Provides critical reviews of four online databases: (1) Quotations Database, available through DIALOG and CompuServe; (2) Consumer Reports, through Prodigy, CompuServe, and Nexis; (3) HealthNet, from CompuServe; and (4) encyclopedias through America Online, CompuServe, GEnie, and DELPHI. Special features of access techniques or content of the…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Publishing, Encyclopedias, Full Text Databases
Briscoe, Ellen D.; Wall, Catherine – Database, 1992
Describes consumer or business-oriented online services that provide access to current news information and offers a less expensive alternative to standard online databases. Online clipping services are discussed, their costs are examined, and profiles of five services are compared: CompuServe, CompuServe as a gateway to IQuest, DELPHI, DIALCOM,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Information Services
Alston, Patricia Gayle; Stoss, Frederick W. – Database, 1992
Reviews online and CD-ROM environmental information sources that focus on business, governmental regulations, and environmental issues. Business databases, environmental databases, environmental audit software packages, and electronic bulletin boards are included. (22 references) (LAE)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Conservation (Environment), Costs, Databases
Beaubien, Denise M. – Database, 1992
Compares Wilson's database tape and the IAC "Expanded Academic Index" as explored by librarians in the State University System of Florida. Features addressed include journal coverage; abstracts and full text; subject headings, including consistency versus precision and controlled vocabularies; search software; disk storage requirements;…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software
