A note on the nature of creativity in engineering: Implications for supporting system design
A novice user's interface to information retrieval systems
End-user information-seeking in the energy field: Implications for end-user access to DOE/RECON databases
The possible effect of abstracting guidelines on retrieval performance of free-text searching
Incorporating theory into database system development
HIT methodology for complicated data structure design
The effects of communication monitors on user satisfaction
Access to UK academic networks
Computer-based message services: H.T. Smith (Ed.) North-Holland, Amsterdam and New York (1984). x + 340 pp., $40.50 (U.S.)/Dfl. 105.00. ISBN 0-444-87621-9.
After divestiture: What the AT&T settlement means for business and residential telephone service: S. A. Simon, written with M. Whelan. Knowledge Industry Publications, White Plains, New York and London. (1985). vi + 138 pp., $34.95. ISBN 0-86729-110-9.
Computer and microcomputer systems for small businesses: R. E. Wilcox. Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ (1984). x + 242 pp., $27.50 (hc). ISBN 0-89774-131-5.
Video-based information systems; A guide for educational, business, library, and home use: W. Saffady. American Library Association, Chicago, IL (1985). ix + 240 pp. $30.00 (pb). ISBN 0-8389-0425-4.
Office workstations in the home: National Research Council. National Academy of Sciences Press, Washington, D.C. (1985). vii + 160 pp., 3 appendices. $13.95 (pb). ISBN 0-309-03483-3.
Directory of special libraries and information centers: 9th ed. T. Darnay, (Ed.) Gale Research Company, Detroit, MI. (1985). Vol. 1, xv + 1735 pages in 2 parts. $320.00. ISBN 0-8103-1881-1.
Financing information services: Problems, changing approaches, and new opportunities for academic and research libraries: P. Spyers-Duran and T. W. Mann Jr. (Eds.) Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, (1985). vi + 193 pp., $29.95. ISBN 0-313-24644-0.
Information highways: Mapping information delivery networks in the Pacific Northwest: L. E. Murr, J. B. Williams, R. Miller, Hypermap, Portland, OR (1985). x + 77 pp., $14.50 (to libraries); $25.00 (pb) (to individuals) Hypermap, P.O. Box 23452, Portland, Oregon 97223.
Text retrieval in context; Proceedings of the institute of information scientists text retrieval '84 conference: R. Kimberley, C. D. Hamilton and C. H. Smith (Eds.) Taylor Graham, London (1985). 154 pp. £15/$26.00. ISBN 0-947568-04-2.
Redesign of catalogs and indexes for improved online subject access: Selected papers of Pauline A. Cochrane: P. A. Cochrane, Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ (1985). xii + 484 pp., $45.00. ISBN 0-89774-158-7.
The awards of science and other essays: Essays of an information scientist: v.7 E. Garfield, ISI Press, Philadelphia, PA. (1985). 675 pp., $30.00. ISBN 0-89495-044-4. Distributed in Europe by STM Distribution Ltd., Enterprise House, Ashford Road, Ashford, Middlesex, TW15 1XB, England.
Distributed computing and the electronic library: Micros to superminis: A. N. Grosch, Knowledge Industry Publications, Inc., White Plains, NY (1985). vi + 205 pp., $36.50 (hc). ISBN 0-86729-145-1, $28.50 (pb) ISBN 0-86729-144-3.
Index to information technology: S. Peniston (Comp.) Taylor Graham, London (1985). 210 pp. £20/$32.50. ISBN 0-947568-02-6.
Database: Step by step: M. L. Gillenson, John Wiley & Sons, New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto and Singapore (1985). xviii + 386 pp. $36.95. ISBN 0-471-80702-8.
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