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A history of online information services, 1963-1976 /

Every field of history has a basic need for a detailed chronology of what happened: who did what when. In the absence of such a resource, fanciful accounts flourish. This book provides a rich narrative of the early development of online information retrieval systems and services, from 1963 to 1976--...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bourne, Charles P.
Other Authors: Hahn, Trudi Bellardo
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2003.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction 1
  • 2 Early Research and Development Activities 11
  • 3 Further Experimentation and Prototypes in Universities, Mid-1960s to Early 1970s 61
  • 4 Experimental Systems Developed in Nonacademic Laboratories, Mid-1960s to Early 1970s 101
  • 5 Lockheed DIALOG and Related Systems, 1961-1972 141
  • 6 SDC ORBIT and Related Systems, 1963-1972 185
  • 7 Computer Searching for the Legal Profession: Data Corporation, OBAR, Mead Data Central, 1964-1972 229
  • 8 State University of New York Biomedical Communication Network, 1965-1976 259
  • 9 The Online Industry: The Public View 279
  • 10 Building the Online Industry: Behind the Scenes 353
  • 11 Summing Up the Story 405
  • Notes 411
  • Summary of Online Milestones 415
  • Bibliography 419
  • Index 469.