Online Review: Volume 5 Issue 1

Database user aids and materials — a study

Betty Unruh

The types and numbers of database user support materials are multiplying as producers become more involved in the servicing of the user community and as the number of online…

Comparison of selecting, abstracting and indexing by COMPENDEX, INSPEC and PASCAL and the impact of this on manual and automated retrieval of information

M.W. de Jong‐Hofman

The journal ETA (Elektrowärme im technischen Ausbau) is commonly referenced by COMPENDEX, INSPEC and PASCAL. A number of annual volumes of this journal (1974–1977) were examined…

Information technology and its socioeconomic and academic impact

Russell Doll

Technological and social planning often has unanticipated outcomes. The planned function of information technology is primarily information and storage. The latent function might…

‘Bradfordizing’ search output: how it would help online users

Howard D. White

A new option in resequencing output from online searches of journal literatures is proposed: computerized sorting of hits by the journals in which they appear, and then of…

Fourth International Online Information Meeting

CHARLES OPPENHEIM

The Fourth International Online Conference followed the usual pattern of success established by its three predecessors. With over 900 delegates from 25 countries, it fully…

News

NETWORKS Nordic packet switched network. The Nordic PTTs have established a packet‐switching service with nodes in Stockholm (Databas 300/1200) and Oslo (Norpak). Multiplexors in…