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50 Years of ERIC
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ERIC Number: EJ331841
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Using Microcomputers to Augment a Mainframe Bibliographic Search Service: A Case Study in Developing End User Personal Information Systems.
Summers, Edward G.; And Others
Educational Technology, v26 n2 p25-30 Feb 1986
Describes evolution of an in-house database search service developed by University of British Columbia's Educational Research Services and Computing Center. The tryout phase in developing a model for downloading citations to serve end users as a beginning nucleus for use in microcomputer accessed personal information systems is highlighted. (MBR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Databases, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Microcomputers, Models, Online Systems, Program Descriptions
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Downloading (Computer); End Users; ERIC; Personal Information Systems; University of British Columbia (Canada)