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Hopkins, Leigh – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1982
Discusses the rise of drug information centers in hospitals and medical centers, highlighting staffing, functions, typical categories of questions received by centers, and sources used. An appendix of drug information sources included in texts, updated services, journals, and computer databases is provided. Thirteen references are listed. (EJS)
Descriptors: Databases, Hospitals, Information Centers, Information Services
Bartkus, Edward P. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1982
Outlines structural changes in the information supply community effected by the emergence of computer-searchable files as a major information resource together with other developments in electronic technology. Database definitions, interface differences, DuPont experiences, and options available to libraries and information centers are discussed.…
Descriptors: Automation, Databases, Information Centers, Libraries
Roberts, David J. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1978
Describes how an educational broker accomplishes the task of successfully matching educational resources with the needs of his adult education customer: the role of the educational broker, establishment of his database, accessing the data, publicizing the center, delivery of service, and the library's role/responsibility. (Author/JD)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Counselor Role, Databases, Essays
Crowers, Clifford P., Ed. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1974
In an attempt to clarify the indexing and announcing controls for government documents, this issue of the Drexel Library Quarterly presents background information on several of the information controlling and access agencies, describes their operations, and points out their inherent problems and weaknesses. The agencies covered are the Government…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Agency Role, Bibliographies, Cataloging