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Presents a study that developed an experimental online catalog that had traditional subject searching capabilities. Description of alphabetical searching; Catalogs that compose the experimental online catalog developed for the Dewey Decimal Classification Online Project; Failure analyses of problematic or unsuccessful alphabetical searches.

Abstract: SourceOECD, the online/print subscription service of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, is examined. Solutions for providing access in library online catalogs are described, as are recent technical improvements to the online subscription service. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Discusses the proliferation of real and potential links between and among national and local online bibliographic systems in the U.S. Definitions of minimal-level cataloging; Observations suggested by several years of experience with an online catalog containing substantial numbers of conventionally full and unconventionally minimal level catalog and processing records; Implementation of level two-type cataloging for broad categories of material.

Presents a guide to the professional literature on online catalogs. 'A Comparative Evaluation of Two Online Public Access Catalogues,' by Richard M. Jones; 'Influencing the System Designers Online Public Access to Library Files,' edited by Lorcan Dempsey; 'Teaching the Online Catalog User,' edited by Carolyn Kirkendall.