Online Review: Volume 1 Issue 3
Table of contents
News
Dow Jones Announces News/Retrieval Service; Now Sees Itself as “Retailer” of Information. When a data base producer decides it is time to enter the on‐line era, it most frequently…
User education and training
Nancy F. Hardy named as Education Specialist for Engineering Index. The appointment of Nancy F. Hardy as Education Specialist has been announced by John E. Creps, Jr., Executive…
On‐line update
On‐line update combines a bibliography of recent on‐line articles with a search example from a data base producer or an on‐line system vendor.
On‐line services in Europe
Alex TombergThe paper is a written adaptation of a talk at the July 1977 Cranfield Conference. It has two main purposes: (a) to bring to the attention of the information community the facts…
Comparison of selective dissemination of information systems
Ron KamineckiCurrently available on‐line systems historically have been used as retrospective search methodologies. With interest in on‐line retrieval increasing by leaps and bounds, the…
Numeric data bases on‐line
James A. LuedkeThe activities that are at present furthering the visibility of numeric data bases and systems are discussed. A tentative estimate of the numbers of existing numeric data bases…
Computer terminals and minicomputers in on‐line retrieval
Gordon L. MonsenMinicomputers provide an alternative means to access on‐line bibliographic retrieval systems. As the use of on‐line retrieval continues to grow and to spread into the nontechnical…
On‐line information systems Comparison of COMPENDEX, INSPEC and NTIS search files via LMS/Dialog, SDC/Orbit and SDS/Recon
The fast development of on‐line systems is increasing the number of difficulties a user can encounter. The paper studies the problem of searching a file for which access is…