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Ojala, Marydee – Searcher, 1996
Examines the practice and implications of issuing corrections, retractions, and amplifications in online databases. All database producers do not provide mechanisms to accommodate retractions and corrections, and it can be difficult for a searcher to find evidence of error correction. Sidebars illustrate both the lack of and evidence of…
Descriptors: Database Producers, Databases, Editing, Legal Responsibility
Nicholls, Paul – Searcher, 1998
Discusses the need for comprehensive and accurate sources of information for librarians looking for information about online databases or CD-ROMs and compares, examines, and makes recommendations regarding three print and electronic directories--the "Gale Directory of Databases," Bowker's "World Databases," and Waterlow New…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Directories, Online Systems
Bates, Mary Ellen – Searcher, 1997
Describes DIALOG Web, DataStar Web, and highlights three other Knight-Ridder services: DIALOG Select, a service for high-tech, pharmaceutical, legal, consumer products, and media markets, KR@Site, which supports access to 80 databases, and DIALOG@CARL, which applies graphical interfaces to 300 DIALOG databases. Also includes interviews with…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Information Services, Interviews
Bjorner, Susanne – Searcher, 1997
Describes the 1996 Internet World conference (New York, NY), and lists--alphabetically by company--products and services for professional online searchers offered by the selected top 40 (out of 550) exhibitors. Includes a product matrix chart for finding products that match needed applications. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Conferences, Information Services, Information Sources
Helfer, Joe – Searcher, 1997
Analyzes whether push technology is a threat or opportunity for online searchers. Outlines key functions of push technology products and defines key technology terms. Illustrates how the role of the online searcher changes with push technology. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software Evaluation, Information Networks, Information Technology
Chuck, Lysbeth – Searcher, 1997
Discusses the effects of Web-based electronic commerce, or "emmerce," on online user. Defines "cookies" and Persistent Client State HTTP Cookies or "magic cookies" on Macintosh computers. Examines underlying technologies that make up "cashless" transactions; growing demand for micropayments; CyberCash,…
Descriptors: Business, Corporations, Information Industry, Information Technology
Feldman, Susan – Searcher, 1998
Presents results from a collective professional searcher evaluation of the effectiveness of Web search engines versus two traditional online services, DIALOG and Dow Jones Interactive. The conclusion outlines: searching assumptions; subjects and types of searches where DIALOG and Dow Jones Interactive showed superiority; advantages of using the…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Services, Information Sources
