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Jacso, Peter – Database, 1996
Discusses new pricing models for some online services and considers the possibilities for the traditional online database market. Topics include multimedia music databases, including copyright implications; other retail-oriented databases; and paying for free databases with advertising. (LRW)
Descriptors: Copyrights, Costs, Databases, Models
O'Leary, Mick – Database, 1992
Provides reviews of 10 online databases: Consumer Reports; Public Opinion Online; Encyclopedia of Associations; Official Airline Guide Adventure Atlas and Events Calendar; CENDATA; Hollywood Hotline; Fearless Taster; Soap Opera Summaries; and Human Sexuality. (LRW)
Descriptors: Counseling, Databases, Directories, Full Text Databases
Williams, Brian – Database, 1987
Two tables compare projected costs of online versus offline retrieval of citations from 50 databases using BRS and DIALOG. Data include database; databank; cost of access per hour; cost of 15-minute search with no retrieval; and cost of 15-minute search plus cost of 10 and 30 online or offline citations. (CLB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Costs, Databases, Information Retrieval
O'Leary, Mick – Database, 1987
Lists and describes databases that provide software reviews and directories, and that focus on particular applications, including engineering, education, libraries, microcomputers, and general business. A directory of these databases is provided which includes the database producer, starting date, updating frequency, and online access vendor. (CLB)
Descriptors: Business, Computer Software Reviews, Database Producers, Databases
Veccia, Susan H. – Database, 1987
Compares the performance of ABI/INFORM on the DIALOG, NEXIS and DIALCOM systems in terms of documentation, database and system design, convenience, and cost. Examples of searches on the various systems are given. (CLB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Costs, Databases, Documentation
Conger, Lucinda D. – Database, 1987
Reviews developments of online systems in 1986, including available services and databases in several areas, and advances in information storage techniques. The impact of online services on the present and future responsibilities of professional searchers is discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Databases, Information Systems, Librarians
Bjorner, Susanne – Database, 1996
Discusses online access to the "New York Times." Topics include full-text electronic versions, online newspapers, archival coverage, searching the archives, physical layout, electronic variations from the printed editions, electronic home delivery, and future possibilities. (LRW)
Descriptors: Archives, Electronic Text, Full Text Databases, Futures (of Society)
Kollegger, James G.; And Others – Database, 1988
In the first of three articles, the producer of Energyline, Energynet, and Tele/Scope recalls the development of the databases and database business strategies. The second describes the development of biomedical online databases, and the third discusses future developments, including full text databases, database producers as online host, and…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Database Producers, Databases, Environmental Research
Briscoe, Ellen D.; Wall, Catherine – Database, 1992
Describes consumer or business-oriented online services that provide access to current news information and offers a less expensive alternative to standard online databases. Online clipping services are discussed, their costs are examined, and profiles of five services are compared: CompuServe, CompuServe as a gateway to IQuest, DELPHI, DIALCOM,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Information Services
Alston, Patricia Gayle; Stoss, Frederick W. – Database, 1992
Reviews online and CD-ROM environmental information sources that focus on business, governmental regulations, and environmental issues. Business databases, environmental databases, environmental audit software packages, and electronic bulletin boards are included. (22 references) (LAE)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Conservation (Environment), Costs, Databases
Basch, Reva – Database, 1992
Reviews recent trends in databases and online systems. Topics discussed include new access points for established databases; acquisitions, consolidations, and competition between vendors; European coverage; international services; online reference materials, including telephone directories; political and legal materials and public records;…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Broadcast Journalism, Competition, Database Producers
Beaubien, Denise M. – Database, 1992
Compares Wilson's database tape and the IAC "Expanded Academic Index" as explored by librarians in the State University System of Florida. Features addressed include journal coverage; abstracts and full text; subject headings, including consistency versus precision and controlled vocabularies; search software; disk storage requirements;…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software
