This volume contains 52 of the 70 papers that were reviewed and selected for presentation at the 1998 National Online Meeting. While the balance of the papers are not included in this Proceedings, their titles, together with author names and author affiliations, are listed at the end of the volume and they are included in the index. The volume begins with the introductory presentation by the Program Chairman, Martha E. Williams, "Highlights of the Online Database Industry and the Internet 1998." The balance of the papers are arranged alphabetically by the primary author's last name, and cover a wide range of topics including: knowledge management; customizing information systems; quality management; search engines; customer input; merging instruction and technology; Internet search services versus online database services; relevance feedback; Intranet; CD-ROM versus online; user-based assessment; using and evaluating Web resources; imaging; copyrights; social/economic challenges; browsing versus surfing; relevance ranking; electronic journals; evaluation methods; information retrieval; technology integration; information sources; electronic libraries; user-computer-librarian interaction; indexing; computer security; distance learning; search behavior; and access to information. (AEF)