ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHIC SEARCHING: A LEARNING MANUAL
Neal-Schuman, 1981
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES..... vii
LIST OF TABLES.....xi
PREFACE.....xii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.....xv
Chapter1. OVERVIEW.....1
1.1 DATABASES.....1
1.2 WHAT IS ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE SEARCHING?..... 2
1.3 DATABASE PRODUCERS AND VENDORS.....3
1.4 ADVANTAGES OF ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHIC SEARCHING..... 5
1.5 DISADVANTAGES OF ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE
SEARCHING.....6
1.6 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE SERVICES.....6
1.7 GROWTH OF DATABASES.....7
1.8 DATABASE CREATION.....9
1.9 TYPES OF SEARCHES.....12
1.10 LISTS OF AVAILABLE DATABASES.....13
1.11 USEFUL MONOGRAPHS & PERIODICALS ON ONLINE SEARCHING..... 20
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES..... 22
Chapter 2. FUNDAMENTALS OF ONLINE DATABASE SEARCHING..... 31
2.1 THE TECHNOLOGY.....31
2.2 USING A TERMINAL..... 36
2.3 BASICS OF SEARCHING.....38
2.4 ADDITIONAL COMMANDS.....51
REFERENCES..... 60
Chapter 3. QUESTION NEGOCIATION..... 61
3.1 IMPORTANCE OF THE REFERENCE INTERVIEW IN COMPUTER
SEARCHING.....61
3.2 BASIC COMPONENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEW.....61
3.3 TIPS FOR CONDUCTING AN INTERVIEW.....63
3.4 REQUEST FORMS FOR SEARCH SERVICES.....64
3.5 DEVELOPING SEARCH STRATEGY.....64
3.6 USER AIDS AND THESAURI.....69
REFERENCES.....73
Chapter 4. SEARCHING THE DATABASE INDEXES.....77
4.1 THE DIALOG BASIC INDEX.....81
4.2 FREE TEXT AND CONTROLLED VOCABULARY..... 81
4.3 CONTROLLED VOCABULARY IN THE BASIC INDEX..... 81
4.4 FREE TEXT SEARCHING.....88
4.5 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CONTROLLED
VOCABULARY AND FREE TEXT SEARCHING.....95
4.6 ADDITIONAL INDEXES ON THE DIALOG SYSTEM..... 96
4.7 SUMMARY.....102
REFERENCES.....102
Chapter 5. MULTI-DATABASE SEARCHING.....105
5.1 WHAT IS MULTI-DATABASE SEARCHING?.....105
5.2 COMMANDS FOR MULTI-DATABASE SEARCHING.....105
5.3 WHEN TO USE MULTI-DATABASE SEARCHING.....109
5.4 THE HEDGE AND ITS USE IN SEARCHING.....109
5.5 SELECTING APPROPRIATE DATABASES FOR A SEARCH.....110
5.6 SYSTEM AIDS TO DATABASE SELECTION.....111
5.7 IMPORTANT FACTORS IN MULTI-DATABASE SEARCHING.....113
REFERENCES.....117
Chapter 6. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE VENDORS AND
THEIR SYSTEMS.....119
6.1 CRITERIA FOR SYSTEM COMPARISON.....119
6.2 NUMBER OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATABASES.....120
6.3 HOURS OF OPERATION.....121
6.4 COSTS.....121
6.5 SYSTEM FEATURES.....134
REFERENCES.....146
Chapter 7. ONLINE SEARCH SERVICE MANAGEMENT.....147
7.1 ROLE OF AN INFORMATION SPECIALIST.....147
7.2 POLICY AND PLANNING ISSUES.....147
7.3 IMPACT OF ONLINE SEARCHING.....149
7.4 IMPLEMENTING ONLINE SEARCHING.....150
7.5 MONITORING ONLINE SEARCH SERVICES.....155
7.6 EVALUATION OF ONLINE SEARCH SERVICES.....158
7.7 PROMOTION AND MARKETING OF ONLINE SEARCH SERVICES.....164
REFERENCES.....168
Chapter 8. THE FUTURE OF ONLINE SEARCHING.....175
8.1 STATE OF THE ART.....175
8.2 FACTORS INFLUENCING FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF
ONLINE SEARCHING.....176
8.3 ONLINE SYSTEMS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.....177
REFERENCES.....178
GLOSSARY.....179
Appendix. ANSWERS TO ONLINE EXERCISES OF DIALOG LAB
WORKBOOK (3rd ed., January 1981).....189
>INDEX ..... 225