Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 32 Issue 3
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The EEVL approach to providing a subject based information gateway for engineers
Roddy Macleod, Linda Kerr, Agnès GuyonEEVL, the Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library, is a gateway to engineering information on the Internet. After a brief outline of the need for such a gateway and the background…
The use of BIDS ISI in a research university: a case study of the University of Birmingham
Stephen PinfieldData showing BIDS ISI usage by members of the University of Birmingham are analysed for the period October 1991 to September 1997. It is shown that there has been a relatively…
Skills for new Information Professionals (SKIP): an evaluation of the key findings
Penny GarrodThis paper outlines the methods and findings of an Electronic Libraries (eLib) Programme research project: SKIP (Skills for new Information Professionals). The project set out to…
Managing access to a distributed library resource: report from the fifth MODELS workshop
Lorcan Dempsey, Rosemary Russell, Robin Murray, Richard HeseltineRecommendations for increased resource sharing between libraries have been emerging from a range of sources in recent years. However, the majority of local library management…
An evaluation of textual storage and retrieval software: CDS/ISIS and InMagic
Cao Minh Kiem, Michael MiddletonA comparison was made between CDS/ISIS, its Windows version WINISIS, and InMagic’s INMAGIC and DB/TextWorks software. Packages were evaluated for their database creation…