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Chadwyck-Healey, Charles – 1984
This overview of the status of online databases in the United Kingdom describes online users' attitudes and practices in light of two surveys conducted in the past two years. The Online Information Centre at ASLIB sampled 325 users, and Chadwyck-Healey, Ltd., conducted a face-to-face survey of librarians in a broad cross-section of 76 libraries.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Databases, Government Publications, Information Storage
Knirk, Frederick G. – 1985
Designed to assist educational researchers in utilizing microcomputers, this paper presents information on four types of computer software: writing tools for educators, statistical software designed to perform analyses of small and moderately large data sets, project management tools, and general education/research oriented information services…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Educational Researchers, Information Retrieval
Download full textShale, Douglas G.; Milinusic, Tomislav O. – 1985
This paper describes a computer support system that eliminated many of the problems associated with the usual methods of transcribing and analyzing questionnaire data. The system was created to support the course evaluation system at Athabasca University, a distance education university in Canada. The courses evaluated were all home study courses,…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Course Evaluation, Data Analysis, Data Processing
Holmes, Susan E. – 1983
CSAR (Characteristic Storage And Retrieval) is the name of an interactive item bank system for the storage, retrieval, manipulation, and summarization of information about multiple choice test items. The purpose of the system is to facilitate the test construction process. The system has two main components: one or more item banks and an…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
Rohn, Peter H. – 1986
This report describes the use of a research-oriented databank on international treaties in undergraduate courses in international law. Following a discussion of the study of treaties, their magnitude, and the political significance of their magnitude, the use of treaties by lawyers and political scientists is contrasted with their value to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
Slovacek, Simeon P.; Dolence, Michael G. – 1985
The process of planning the role of the microcomputer in higher education administration is investigated through a survey of a sample of universities and colleges in California engaged in such efforts, and through a review of literature in education as well as computing. A major objective of the study was to systematically investigate the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Computer Software, Data Processing, Educational Administration
