Online articles from January 1996

Online archives from January 1996

Caught in the middle: online professionals and beta testing.(The Inverted File)(Column)
January 1, 1996... The idea of beta testing a product has a certain aura. Insiders, clients, people-in-the-know are beta testers, lucky enough to see the first glimpse of a new product, commissioned to find flaws and report them - all for the altruistic purpose of...

Teltech buys CHR. (Teltech Resource Network Corp.; Cooper Hydock Rugge Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 1996... In response to rapidly growing service demand, Teltech Resource Network Corporation has purchased Cooper Hydock Rugge, Inc. (CHR), a business and technical research firm specializing in online database searching. CHR will maintain its identity,...

Internet In a Box, version 2.0. (Software Review)(Evaluation)
January 1, 1996... There are many ways to launch yourself and your computer onto the Internet these days. You can pick and choose from private Internet Service Providers (ISPs), go through an educational or corporate gateway, or perhaps obtain your service via one...

Working the Web with a no-frills "work page."
January 1, 1996... "Little did Dorothy know how appropriate this heartfelt phrase would be many years later in an electronic Oz known as the World Wide Web. The home page phenomenon continues to influence Internet and World Wide Web use. Home pages provide a sense...

People talking to people: making the most of Internet discussion groups.
January 1, 1996... Internet discussions...LISTERVEs...newsgroups...e-conferences. You probably belong to one now, or have thought about subscribing. Electronic conferences (we'll call them e-conferences in this article) are some of the most popular resources on the...

Internet directions in 1996.(On the Nets)(Column)
January 1, 1996... Predicting the future of something that grows and changes as rapidly as the Internet presents a difficult challenge. A few years back, Internet experts saw gopher as the model for the new Internet. Shortly thereafter, Mosaic became the...

Future trends on the net.(Net Sitings)(Column)
January 1, 1996... Armed by my editor with a license to squint, to peer shamelessly into the hazy future of the Internet, I set my search engine on auto-pilot and leaned back in the captain's chair. After staring intently for the last few years at the detailed...

Ovid online puts on a graphical (inter)face. (Ovid Technologies; includes related article)
January 1, 1996... Ovid Technologies is the new name of an old company, CD Plus. CD Plus Technologies made a name for itself a few years ago by publishing the most sophisticated version of MEDLINE on CD-ROM. In the spring of 1994, CD Plus bought the online...

Getting more out of NEXIS. (using the MORE search command)
January 1, 1996... In April 1995, LEXIS-NEXIS began offering MORE to its users. No, it's not more information for less money (drat!) - it's the MORE search command. The concept for MORE is pretty simple - all you have to do is find one relevant story or case and...

Forecasts, forecasts. (the online industry in 1996)(Column)
January 1, 1996... Forecasting is not my forte. I prefer to deal with the here and now. I like to describe how things work - or don't work - rather than make predictions about how things will - or won't - work. Then I can take credit for helping searchers do better...

Just what you wanted for Christmas: an HTML stripper! (includes related article)(Column)
January 1, 1996... In keeping with the New Year focus of this issue, I'm supposed to use this space to speculate about possible trends, traumas, and triumphs in 1996 in the world of post-processing search results. I can't do that, though, without sharing my joy...

Looking ahead: trends, traumas, and triumphs in output management.(Column)
January 1, 1996... I prefer to avoid making predictions, but there's one thing I can say unequivocally. 1996 will not be the year that we get a convenient, one-step solution to managing search output, or, as we used to say, post-processing. Post-processing is...

Consumer online mobilizes for '96.(Column)
January 1, 1996... In the history of consumer online, 1996 may be second in importance only to 1979, when CompuServe and The Source created consumer online service. 1996 (and beyond) will be a period of upheaval and extraordinary competition. 1995 has itself been a...

The information future.
January 1, 1996... For some time now we have lived during what may be called a long-wave revolution. Grizzled veterans among us remember when online information was mostly a thing of the future and computers were barely beginning to be useful in libraries. Today no...

End users: cannibals or new revenue?
January 1, 1996... When a new competitor begins to give away products that you sell for a stiff fee, what do you do? This major issue is facing scores of information providers as new entrants compete in the now-glamorous "online services business." While anyone...

Hunting, grazing, browsing: a model for online information retrieval.(Column)
January 1, 1996... How people search for information using an electronic information service has long been of interest to both information science researchers and system developers. Researchers are interested in applying information science theories and concepts to...

Tips for good electronic presentations.
January 1, 1996... Presentation graphics software has been available for some time, but it is only beginning to be used by information professionals. The potential benefits of this specialized software are great. Anyone who has faced presenting budget figures or...

Building on: adding a hard disk to your PC.(Column)
January 1, 1996... Hard disk space reminds me of closet space in a house - no matter how much you have, it always fills up faster he than expected. A periodic "spring cleaning" to clear out old, outdated, unwanted files seems to be a simple way to keep on top of...

The sound and the fury: adding sound to your PC. (includes related articles)
January 1, 1996... PC sound - what is it good for? If your answer is "absolutely nothing," you've either been listening to too much rock n' roll or you can skip to the next article. But if you think you might want sound capabilities on your computer, read on....

CD-ROM - the year ahead.(Column)
January 1, 1996... As CD-ROM enters its second decade, it is no longer an unproven, hype-driven outsider seeking the attention of libraries and information centers. Its day-to-day utility has been proven. Thriving businesses have been built on supplying products...