Selecting commercial databases to suit your client's needs - the current situation for Africa

dc.contributor.authorSwanepoel, David A.
dc.contributor.editorVan der Westhuizen, Erica E.
dc.contributor.otherConference of African Animal Health Workers (1st : 1995 : Onderstepoort, South Africa)
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-26T08:18:34Z
dc.date.available2010-03-26T08:18:34Z
dc.date.created1995
dc.date.issued1997
dc.descriptionArticle was scanned with HP Scanjet 5590, 24-bit true colour, 300 dpi, saved in TIFF-format. Adobe Acrobat v.9 was used for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.en
dc.description.abstractThe paper starts with a short overview of the history of the use of bibliographic references at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (OVI). Abstracting and indexing journals as at the South African Documentation Centre for Agriculture are mentioned. The second part describes certain selection criteria such as available budget, availability and powerfulness of hardware. quality and comprehensiveness of information, user interface, frequency of updating, and physical format. Lastly the appropriateness of CD-ROM in particular, for the current situation in Africa, as well as the latest developments in this field are discussed.en
dc.format.extent7 p.en
dc.identifier.citationSwanepoel, DA 1995, 'Selecting commercial databases to suit your client's needs - the current situation for Africa' in Van der Westhuizen, EE 1997, ‘Animal health information for Africa: 1st Conference of African Animal Health Information Workers, 3-6 July 1995, Onderstepoort, South Africa’, University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, Pretoria, South Africa, pp.56-62.en
dc.identifier.isbn1868541436
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/13743
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Libraryen
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dc.rights©University of Pretoria, Jotello F. Soga Libraryen
dc.sourceOriginal conference proceedings: Van der Westhuizen, EE 1997, ‘Animal health information for Africa: 1st Conference of African Animal Health Information Workers, 3-6 July 1995, Onderstepoort, South Africa’, University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, Pretoria, South Africa, 93 p.en
dc.subjectAfrican animal health information workersen
dc.subjectICAHIS proceedingsen
dc.subjectAnimal health informationen
dc.subjectVeterinary databasesen
dc.subject.lcshAnimal health -- Information servicesen
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary libraries -- Africaen
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary medicine -- Databasesen
dc.titleSelecting commercial databases to suit your client's needs - the current situation for Africaen
dc.title.alternative1st Conference of African Animal Health Information Workers, 3-5 July 1995, Onderstepoort, South Africaen
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