Document (#9765)

Author

Vukas, R.R.

Title

¬10 (¬ten) tipsfor effective use of EPIC

Source

Online. 18(1994) no.6, S.42-45

Year

1994

Abstract

Washburn University has been using the EPIC online service from OCLC since its launch in 1990 because of its useful selection of databases and its reasonable costs. Comments on its simple and easy search commands and offers 10 specific techniques useful when searching on EPIC

Object

EPIC

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