The EPIC experience: An assessment of OCLC's New Online System after its first year

The EPIC system continues to evolve since it was first released in January 1990. Initially EPIC offered improved access to OCLC's formidable bibliographic database. Pasadena Public Library's experiences with the system, as one of the six field test sites, were described in a "first lo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Reference services review 1991-04, Vol.19 (4), p.45-48
Hauptverfasser:	Zorbas, Elaine, Whitcomb, Laurie
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Computerised information retrieval Computerized information services Computerized information storage and retrieval EPIC Hosts Information services Information storage and retrieval Information work Magnetic tape Online information retrieval Searching Subject indexing
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Zusammenfassung:	The EPIC system continues to evolve since it was first released in January 1990. Initially EPIC offered improved access to OCLC's formidable bibliographic database. Pasadena Public Library's experiences with the system, as one of the six field test sites, were described in a "first look" article, in January 1990.1 Since then EPIC has added additional databases such as ERIC, ABI Inform, Dissertation Abstracts, Business Dateline, Pharmaceutical News Index, and the GPO Monthly Catalog, as well as opening a gateway to EasyNet. EPIC's growth puts it in the category of a potential competitor to such established systems as DIALOG, BRS, Wilsonline, and others.
ISSN:	0090-7324 2054-1716
DOI:	10.1108/eb049137