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Durkin, Kay; Dolan, Donna R. – 1980
The use of online searching by reference librarians to provide actual answers and not just bibliographies or current awareness printouts has the potential to save time and money for the reference department. The quick reference service can actually promote rather than compete with the library's online search service for in depth subject searching.…
Descriptors: Databases, Indexes, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Atkinson, Steven D.; Dolan, Donna R. – Online, 1983
Suggest strategies for online searching of user requests for research studies on five major databases--BIOSIS, ERIC, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and the National Clearinghouse for Mental Health (NCMH). Special research limitations, locating criticism or support, proposal for an ideal database, and a study of controlled terms across databases are included.…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Needs
