Online Review: Volume 16 Issue 3
Table of contents
A language for implementing information retrieval software
Kevin C. O'KaneInformation storage and retrieval (IS&R) programming is often hindered by the lack of specialized facilities in traditional computer languages. This article describes a portable…
The MenUSE system for multilingual assisted access to online databases
Paul BlakeThe race is on to develop systems which will allow the multilingual interrogation of data‐bases, with the European Commission making this a central theme of the ECU 64 million…
Online vendors' strategies for reaching the end‐user: FT PROFILE
Richard PoynderThis is the first of a series of articles about different host services' efforts to reach fresh users. The author has recently left the Marketing Department of British Telecom…
INTERNET groups allow for productive information gathering
Charles AshleyCharles Ashley developed an interest in networks whilst at the University of California. In this article he explains why INTERNET groups offer an excellent medium for retrieving…
University of Phoenix graduates first class of online MBAs
Charles AshleyOnline communications are opening up exciting possibilities for the rapid sharing of ideas. This news feature is about a pioneering distance learning project, in which students…
The Thirteenth National Online Meeting
The Thirteenth National Online Meeting was held in New York City on 5–7 May 1992. Here, Online Review's Managing Editor, Simon Atkinson, offers the first of two sets of abstracts…
NEWS
Online services to earn $14.2b. A SIMB A Information report predicts that on‐line services sales will yield $14.2 billion in sales by 1996 if growth continues as expected. Online…