Title :
Integration of heterogeneous electronic information resources in engineering
Author :
DeSart, Melvin G. ; Cole, Timothy W.
Author_Institution :
Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1991.187496
