Datastar web: A comparison with "classic" datastar command language searching

Online and CDROM Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-166

  Barker, Anne L ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Command language; DataStar; Interfaces; Internet; Online searching; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ONLINE SYSTEMS; QUERY LANGUAGES; USER INTERFACES; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

COMMAND LANGUAGE; DATASTAR; INTERNET; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ONLINE SEARCHING;

EID: 0032096692     PISSN: 13532642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb024664     Document Type: Review

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