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Authors: | Martha E Williams |
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Institution: | (1) Computer & Systems Res. Lab., University of Illinois, 1308 W. Main St., Rm. 150, 61801 Urbana, IL |
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Abstract: | The database industry was initiated in the early 1970s by the abstracting and indexing (A&I) or secondary publishers as they
converted their print products to computer-readable form. In the 1980s a number of primary publishers followed suit and introduced
the first full-text databases—first on magnetic tapes and then on CD-ROMs. CD-ROM was responsible for accelerating the growth
of full-text databases. The majority of the early databases were produced by government and not-for-profit organizations.
In the mid-1980s the commercial sector started large-scale production of databases and now produces the majority of all publicly
available databases. This paper traces the growth of the computer-readable database industry from the 1970s to the present. |
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