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Peer reviewedKern-Simirenko, Cheryl – Library Hi Tech, 1983
Discusses characteristics of typical online public access catalogs (OPACs) and examines patron use via printouts of transaction logs for three separate systems. Desirable features of OPACs (mnemonic search commands, boolean operators, forgiveness or automatic truncation, browsing a subject heading index, suggestive prompts) and need for…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs, Library Instruction, Online Systems
Peer reviewedMiller, William – Research Strategies, 1986
This essay offers suggestions to make online public access catalogs (OPACs) less idiosyncratic and more usable. Discussion covers qualitative difference between online catalog and predecessors, challenge of debunking assumptions, skills for success, maintaining an instructional perspective, catalog development for the people by the people, and the…
Descriptors: Display Systems, Information Systems, Library Catalogs, Library Instruction
Download full textCraver, Kathleen W. – 1984
This paper describes how four classes of high school students were introduced over a 2-year period to the concepts and terminology of online bibliographic searching, instructed to formulate their own search strategies, and received the opportunity to observe their strategies executed by a skilled searcher on various selected databases. It also…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Information Retrieval, Introductory Courses, Library Instruction
Peer reviewedBinkley, R. David; Parrott, James R. – Information Services and Use, 1987
Describes a computerized reference and bibliographic instruction system currently under development at the University of Waterloo Library. The functions of the system, which will include query negotiation, suggestions for research strategies, referral to appropriate reference materials, information on library services and locations, and library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Expert Systems, Foreign Countries
Dodson, Suzanne C., Ed.; Menges, Gary L., Ed. – 1984
The 56 papers in this proceedings are divided into three groups--theme, alternative format, and contributed papers. Myths and realities are explored in the first group as they relate to university, college, community, and junior college libraries, and to private sector information utilities. The conference wrap-up session is included in this…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, College Libraries, Conference Proceedings
Peer reviewedNielsen, Brian – Information Technology and Libraries, 1986
This review of the overall findings of the "Educating the Online Catalog User" project at Northwestern University Library focuses on methods of data collection used in evaluating online catalog performance and user performance. The rationale and methodology of transaction log monitoring and new directions for technical development are…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Catalogs
