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Peer reviewedRowney, Don Karl – History Teacher, 1985
Online information services (e.g., DIALOG, ORBIT) and computer databases (e.g., Social Sciences Citation Index, Historical Abstracts) that historians can use in their historical research are discussed. The important differences among representative databases are described. (RM)
Descriptors: Databases, Historians, History, Information Retrieval
Turner, James S. – Humanities, 1990
Traces briefly the history of Islam. Discusses the compilation of the Encyclopedia of Islam, Volumes I and II, a project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Delineates the differences between Volume I and II, illustrating the importance of the encyclopedia for Islamic scholars. Includes a short summary of other NEH-supported…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Endowment Funds, Islam, Islamic Culture
Moya, Cynde – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2001
Examines some of the research needs in academic disciplines for access to pornographic materials, and looks at tools, such as thesauri and Web directories, which have been built to help searchers find materials. Discusses research needs for access to materials; tools built by librarians to subject analyze material; and Internet words for indexing…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Information Sources, Internet
