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Swanepoel, David A.
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Van der Westhuizen, Erica E. |
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Conference of African Animal Health Workers (1st : 1995 : Onderstepoort, South Africa) |
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2010-03-26T08:18:34Z |
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dc.date.available |
2010-03-26T08:18:34Z |
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dc.date.created |
1995 |
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dc.date.issued |
1997 |
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dc.description |
Article 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. |
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dc.description.abstract |
The 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. |
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7 p. |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Swanepoel, 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. |
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dc.identifier.isbn |
1868541436 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/13743 |
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dc.language.iso |
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dc.publisher |
University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library |
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Adobe Acrobat Reader, version 6.0 or higher |
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dc.rights |
©University of Pretoria, Jotello F. Soga Library |
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dc.source |
Original 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. |
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dc.subject |
African animal health information workers |
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dc.subject |
ICAHIS proceedings |
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dc.subject |
Animal health information |
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dc.subject |
Veterinary databases |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Animal health -- Information services |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Veterinary libraries -- Africa |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Veterinary medicine -- Databases |
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dc.title |
Selecting commercial databases to suit your client's needs - the current situation for Africa |
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dc.title.alternative |
1st Conference of African Animal Health Information Workers, 3-5 July 1995, Onderstepoort, South Africa |
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dc.type |
Text |
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