Document (#2950)

Author

Kahn, P.

Title

Making a difference : a review of the user interface features in six CD-ROM database products

Source

Optical information systems. 8(1988) no.4, S.169-183

Year

1988

Abstract

When considering an end-user's need to access information in a large data base, the real difference introduced by CD-ROM is not access from the personal computer per se, but local access from the personal computer. The question that must ne asked is this: should this difference affect the design of the user interface for searching large data bases on CD-ROM? 6 CD-ROM bibliographic data base products are reviewed: BRS/colleague MEDLINE, Wilsondisc Cumulative Book Index and MLA International bibliography, Dialog OnDisc ERIC, SilverPlatter Sociofile, CCOHS (Reteaco Findit) CCINFOdisc, and KnowledgeFinder MEDLINE. The user interface and functionality of each product is discussed in terms of 5 criteria: browsing, using menus, refining a search, accessing an on-line version, and printing and saving results. This review distinguishes between design features in each product which are holdovers from the on-line command interfaces of the past and innovations in user interface design made possible by having the data base locally on CD-ROM

Object

KnowledgeFinder
MEDLINE

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