Microcomputer software for information retrieval: how to make a well‐founded choice
- 1 February 1989
- journal article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in Program: electronic library and information systems
- Vol. 23 (2) , 141-150
- https://doi.org/10.1108/eb047021
Abstract
Three types of software have been evaluated which can be used on IBM-compatible microcomputers: programs for terminal emulation and communication, programs for conversion of received data, and programs for storage and retrieval of literature information in local databases. With software for these three applications, data can be downloaded from external computers and directly used to build a local documentation system. Functions of these types of programs and general results of the tests are discussed. Criteria for selecting software for online searching, as well as for building local databases using external data downloaded from online searches, are given.Keywords
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