Reference Services Review: Volume 22 Issue 2

THE CD‐ROM network at the Claremont colleges: Implementation, instruction, and remote access

Gale Burrow, Linda Gunter

In December 1989, Pomona College and Claremont McKenna College (CMC) received a grant from the Knight Foundation to fund increased availability of, access to, and use of…

A look at U.S. government publications on terrorism, 1985–1992

June D. Parker

As the Communist influence in the world subsides, the threat of low‐intensity conflict increasingly becomes a major concern to those involved in maintaining world security and…

OHIOLINK: A statewide system raises new issues and opportunities for cooperation

David F. Kohl

It should come as no surprise that the 1993 EDU‐COM conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, showcased one of North America's most interesting experiments in automation—Ohio's OhioLINK…

Recent literature shows accelerated growth in hypermedia tools: An annotated bibliography

Ralph Gabbard

Since publication of an earlier hypertext/hyper‐media bibliography in Library Hi Tech Bibliography, two trends have experienced accelerated growth. The first is the explosion of…

Character, virtue, and self‐interest in the ethics of the medical profession: Part ii: Toward the restoration of virtue ethics

Edmund D. Pellegrino, Richard A. Gray

Is there a sound philosophical foundation in the nature of professional activity for resolving the tension between altruism and self‐interest in favor of virtue and character? I…

Telephone directories: Alternatives to print

Jennifer Boettcher, Bruce R. Kingma

In the Spring 1992 issue of Reference Services Review, Douglas Ernest, Joan Beam, and Jennifer Monath noted that “Telephone directories have been an integral part of most public…

The national research and education network: The early evolution of nren

Jeris F. Cassel, Sherry K. Little

A national multi‐gigabit‐per‐second research and education network known as the National Research and Education Network is to be established by 1996, according to the…

Library orientation and instruction — 1992

Hannelore B. Rader

The following is an annotated list of materials dealing with information literacy including instruction in the use of information resources, research, and computer skills related…