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O'Leary, Mick – Online, 1988
Describes features and enhancements of the EasyNet end-user gateway software including the addition of more databanks, improved help for searchers, field searching, online help from humans, and scanning for database selection. Capabilities of the Common Command Language are discussed. Figures show a database scan, EasyNet commands, and a sample…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Man Machine Systems, Online Searching
Hawkins, Donald T. – Online, 1988
Discussion of the online searching process identifies the formulation of a search strategy as the major problem area for users of online systems. Artificial intelligence is suggested as a solution to this problem, and several expert systems for information retrieval are described. An annotated list of 24 items for further reading is included. (23…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Information Retrieval, Man Machine Systems, Search Strategies
Miller, Ralph – Online, 1985
Reviews two software products--INSTANTCOM and PC WRITE--that work well in tandem and possess the following capabilities: make logon easy and memory-independent; allow prewritten search statements to be uploaded; allow downloading of results; permit easy editing and other data management options. Examples done on the IBM PC/AT are provided. (EJS)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Man Machine Systems, Microcomputers
Miller, Carmen – Online, 1992
The first of two articles discusses virtual reality (VR) and online databases; the second one reports on an interview with Thomas A. Furness III, who defines VR and explains work at the Human Interface Technology Laboratory (HIT). Sidebars contain a glossary of VR terms and a conversation with Toni Emerson, the HIT lab's librarian. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Consortia, Databases, Glossaries
Hawkins, Donald T.; Levy, Louise R. – Online, 1985
This initial article in series of three discusses barriers inhibiting use of current online retrieval systems by novice users and notes reasons for front end and gateway online retrieval systems. Definitions, front end features, user interface, location (personal computer, host mainframe), evaluation, and strengths and weaknesses are covered. (16…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Information Systems, Man Machine Systems, Microcomputers
Matthews, Joseph R.; Williams, Joan Frye – Online, 1984
Presents a nine point "User Friendly Index" scale used to describe increasing or declining degree of computer system friendliness. Terms to denote the user system such as intimate, friendly, cordial, polite, crabby, ornery, hostile, and vicious are discussed. Seven references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Interaction, Man Machine Systems, Online Systems, Rating Scales
Pugh, W. Jean; John, Stephanie C. – Online, 1982
This bibliography provides citations to 74 articles which compare either single databases across different systems or different databases to each other. All articles included were published after 1976 in Database, Online, Online Review, or the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. A subject index is provided. (EJS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Information Retrieval, Man Machine Systems
Blair, John C., Jr. – Online, 1984
Review of computer software offering text editing/processing capabilities highlights work habits, elements of computer style and composition, buffers, the CRT, line- and screen-oriented text editors, video attributes, "swapping,""cache" memory, "disk emulators," text editing versus text processing, and UNIX operating…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Display Systems, Man Machine Systems
Crystal, Maurice I.; Jakobson, Gabriel E. – Online, 1982
FRED (a Front End for Databases) was conceived to alleviate data access difficulties posed by the heterogeneous nature of online databases. A hardware/software layer interposed between users and databases, it consists of three subsystems: user-interface, database-interface, and knowledge base. Architectural alternatives for this database machine…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Databases, Input Output Devices, Man Machine Systems
Allen, Maryellen Mott – Online, 2002
Considers complaints about the usability in the human-computer interaction aspect of information retrieval and discusses information visualization, the Online Library of Information Visualization Environments, hyperbolic information structure, subject searching, real-world applications, relational databases and hyperbolic trees, and the future of…
Descriptors: Databases, Futures (of Society), Information Retrieval, Man Machine Systems
Provenzano, Dominic – Online, 1987
Describes the current activities of 11 individuals who were prominent in the information industry at the time of Online Magazine's debut. Included are the founders of Congressional Information Service, New York Times Information Bank, Data Courier, Inc., Predicasts, Bibliographic Retrieval Services, Dialog, LEXIS and NEXIS. (EM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Biographies, Database Producers, Information Technology
Sweetland, James H. – Online, 1979
Describes the successful use of online database systems by the Library Services Division, Center for the Study of Youth Development at Boys Town for answering specific, limited reference questions; and identifies system use in acquisitions, interlibrary loan verification, name/address verification, and identification of persons, groups, or…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Interlibrary Loans, Library Acquisition
Meadow, Charles T. – Online, 1979
Presents the rationale behind and description of the Individualized Instruction for Data Access (IIDA) system, which is intended to assist people in performing online bibliographic searches through the use of another computer as intermediary. (CWM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Computers
Hawkins, Donald T.; Levy, Louise R. – Online, 1986
Presents a product selection chart for 12 currently available gateways or front-end packages suitable for online searching. Information provided for each package includes producer, cost, type, location, information accessed, equipment required, operating system, and search capabilities. A 94-item bibliography to published literature on these…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Information Services, Information Systems
And Others; Wittiak, Joanne L. – Online, 1979
Describes a technique for providing truly interactive online database searches for requestors from other locations by searching via telephone conference. (CWM)
Descriptors: Conferences, Databases, Information Services, Man Machine Systems
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