Document (#20420)

Author

Valas, G.

Title

Comparison of some widespread CD-ROM information retrieval software packages

Source

Online and CD-ROM review. 18(1994) no.4, S.211-227

Year

1994

Abstract

Reports the results of a study, conducted at the National Technical Information Centre and Library (OMIKK), Hungary, to compare 5 popular proprietary CD-ROM searching software packages: OPTIWARE; BRS/Search; ProQuest; SPIRS; and Dialog OnDisc Manager. Software evaluation was based on analysis of a range of CD-ROM bibliographic databases (with the exception of BRS/Search for which the library held no bibliographic databases) and focused on: response times for various activities (logging on, searching, retrieval, display); other performance factors; direct searching features (Boolean operators, proximity operators, arithmetic relations, truncation); index browsing; search strategy handling; display possibilities; output possibilities; and ergonomic and user friendliness factors. No general conclusions are drawn and users are left to draw their own conclusions

Theme

Bibliographische Software

Object

SPIRS
OPTIWARE
BRS/SEARCH
ProQuest
Dialog OnDisc

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