The Universe at Your Fingertips: Continuing Web Education.
1997
Editors
Andrea L. Duda
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 14
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ERes--A Web-Based Electronic Reserve System
Philip R. Kesten
ERes, an electronic reserve system, allows faculty and staff to make documents available on the World Wide Web without requiring any technical skills. The system was developed at Santa Clara... More
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Web-Based Slide Presentations
Melissa L. Just
At the University of Southern California's Norris Medical Library, seminars on World Wide Web topics are given to faculty, staff, students, and to community health care providers at remote sites.... More
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How To Effectively Locate Federal Government Information on the Web
Patricia Cruse & Sherry DeDecker
Information from the U.S. Government is appearing with increasing frequency on the Internet. In many cases, the Internet is the only place to locate important government information. Virtually all ... More
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The Launching Pad: Delivering Information Competence through the Web
Sariya Talip Clay, Sallie Harlan & Judy Swanson
Traditionally, librarians have used printed workbooks to teach students basic information skills. With the emergence of the World Wide Web, opportunities are available to transform these static and... More
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Transforming the Web into a Forum for Academic Research: The USC Doheny Electronic Resources Center Model
Judith A. Truelson
Evidence suggests that use of multimedia or new media can enhance selected areas of the curriculum. Library planners at the University of Southern California (USC) believe that use of multimedia to... More
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An Accent on Access: Writing HTML for the Widest Possible Audience
Michael J. Reagan
World Wide Web authors are often tempted to use the latest and sexiest means to present their information. "Hot" and "cool" sites use dancing graphics, frames, tables, specific fonts, and... More
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One-Stop Shopping: Presenting Disparate Electronic Resources through a Single Interface
Judi Briden, Brenda Reeb & Allison Zhang
The Electronic Resources Team at the University of Rochester (New York) River Campus Libraries pursued the concept of one-stop shopping as a component of their new integrated library system Voyager... More
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Beyond Clip Art: Creating Graphics for the Web
Linda Absher
For many librarians and information specialists, the World Wide Web presents a challenge, not only in terms of organizing information, but in creating a visual package that piques the user's... More
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The Web for Documents Librarians
Jerry Breeze, Jane Cramer & David Hellman
The World Wide Web is a powerful and versatile resource for documents librarians. It can serve as a source of information for patrons looking for government information, as a means of publicizing... More
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Web-Writing in One Minute--and Beyond
Kenneth Hughes
This paper describes how librarians can teach patrons the basics of hypertext markup language (HTML) so that patrons can publish their own homepages on the World Wide Web. With proper use of... More
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Navigating the Universe of the Web Information in the Multimedia Classroom
Doralyn H. Edwards
While most librarians are aware of the increasing amount of electronic resources available in and from libraries, they may not realize how much World Wide Web information is being used in higher... More
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Constructing Career Connections: Building a Webpage for the Job Seeker
Carol Doyle & Janet Martorana
Intended for those interested in the development of webpages and their use in instruction, this paper discusses the development of a career and job information webpage on InfoSurf, the University... More
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An Embarrassment of Riches
Ruth Wallach
Geared toward librarians who frequently work with faculty and graduate students, this paper summarizes the experience of the library at the University of Southern California in organizing and... More
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The Western Canada Virtual Union Catalogue: Integrating Document Requesting into Z39.50 and Other Search Clients
Dave Binkley & Kristina Long
The widespread implementation of search protocols, primarily Z39.50, in combination with the spread of the World Wide Web makes possible a high degree of integration and standardization of search... More