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This paper discusses various examples of selection, bibliographic description of electronic resources, and how the mediation provided by librarians can help users with their choices during searching. Users are confronted with more information than ever before, and their expectations are becoming...
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Purpose – The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of how the internet interacts with businesses and … markets. The authors aims to focus on the internet press releases of annual results to illustrate how corporate communication … the internet for communicating firms' performance to investors, financial media and the stock market, then identify and …
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Purpose The paper addresses various cyber threats and their effects on the internet. A review of the literature on … intrusion detection systems (IDSs) as a means of mitigating internet attacks is presented, and gaps in the research are …, prior to identifying research gaps and limitations and suggesting future directions. Findings The popularity of the internet …
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Charts the history and development of the UK’s Resource Discovery Network, which brings together under a common business, technical and service framework a range of subject gateways and other services for the academic and research community. Considers its future relationship to other services,...
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This paper reports on an investigation comparing searcher experiences with Web and non‐Web interfaces to online databases. The study was designed to address the following questions: what is the nature of searcher preferences for Web versus non‐Web interfaces to online databases and, more...
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The interrelation between Web publishing and information retrieval technologies is explored. The different elements of the Web have implications for indexing and searching Web pages. There are two main platforms used for searching the Web – directories and search engines – which later became...
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analysis. This paper gives a comparative evaluation of data sources, i.e. online databases, databases on CD‐ROM and Internet … environmental chemicals: DADB‐Metadatabase of Online Databases, DACD‐Metadatabase of CD‐ROMs, DAIN‐Metadatabase of Internet … information depth is higher in commercial online databases and databases on CD‐ROM than in free Internet resources. Exceptions, e …
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Although the Internet is already a valuable information resource in medicine, there are important challenges to be … to compile a health‐related Internet directory, new tools and strategies have been developed to solve key problems … information. The current Internet search engines lack some important capabilities. We suggest using second generation tools …
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The Internet has become a cornerstone of modern libraries. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of the Internet … describes the most important Internet projects. Future projects are discussed as well as the plans of selected organisations …
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This paper discusses the introduction of cookies into Web technology and their role as a user‐tracking device. While cookies contribute to the user‐friendliness of Web sites, their placement on client‐side computers is a cause for concern. The authors look at both sides of the technology,...
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