A History of Online Information Services, 1963-1976

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 12
Prologue......Page 16
1 Introduction......Page 18
2 Early Research and Development Activities......Page 28
3 Further Experimentation and Prototypes in Universities, Mid-1960s to Early 1970s......Page 78
4 Experimental Systems Developed in Nonacademic Laboratories, Mid-1960s to Early 1970s......Page 118
5 Lockheed DIALOG and Related Systems, 1961–1972......Page 158
6 SDC ORBIT and Related Systems, 1963–1972......Page 202
7 Computer Searching for the Legal Profession......Page 246
8 State University of New York Biomedical Communication Network, 1965–1976......Page 276
9 The Online Industry......Page 296
10 Building the Online Industry......Page 370
11 Summing Up the Story......Page 422
Summary of Online Milestones......Page 432
Bibliography......Page 436
Index......Page 486