Cross-database searches' also search different databases, but they are usually citation indexes, abstracting services, etc., with different index structures. The use of technology for teaching and learning is at the heart of modern successful distance learning. In this context, technology is used to improve access to education and training, to improve the quality of learning, to reduce the costs of education, and to improve the cost-effectiveness of education. An informal, self-organized group of library consortia serving primarily higher education institutions. The ability to find and use information from print sources, computers and other media.
Information literacy is the keystone of lifelong learning.
Ultimately, information literate people are those who have learned how to learn. They are people prepared for lifelong learning because they can always find the information needed for any task or decision at hand. The rapidly developing scientific field that deals with biomedical information, data, and knowledge - their storage, retrieval, and optimal use for problem solving and decision making. The term refers to any data used to aid the identification, description and location of networked electronic resources. The library management and information access system used by University Library Services.