Integration of heterogeneous electronic information resources in engineering

Author

DeSart, Melvin G. ; Cole, Timothy W.

Author_Institution

Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

21-24 Sep 1991

Firstpage

315

Lastpage

322

Abstract

It is pointed out that the diversity and rapid growth of the volume of scientific literature have made it more difficult for individuals in the sci-tech community to stay current. The authors present an innovative approach to accessing that literature: the library information workstation. The information workstation integrates diverse information sources, remote and local, commercial and home-grown. From a single terminal, patrons can access Illinois´ statewide online catalog; article databases such as Current Contents, Medline, and Applied Science and Technology Index; and files of local interest such as the titles and call numbers of journals received in the university´s several sci-tech libraries. The workstation in the Library of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology is presented as an example

Keywords

education; engineering; information retrieval systems; libraries; Applied Science and Technology Index; Beckman Institute; Current Contents; Illinois University; Medline; article databases; engineering; heterogeneous electronic information resources; information sources; library information workstation; scientific literature; statewide online catalog; Application software; Books; CD-ROMs; Couplings; Databases; Explosions; Information resources; Libraries; Microcomputers; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1991. Twenty-First Annual Conference. 'Engineering Education in a New World Order.' Proceedings.

Conference_Location

West Lafayette, IN

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0222-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1991.187496

Filename

187496