A description and comparison of two computer search systems designed to retrieve US company and industry information. Dialog's Business Connection is available as an online, timesharing system. Datext/Corporate is a CD-ROM system. The systems are compared on the basis of cost, ease of use, database coverage, currency of data, processing speed and user perception.
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