From Access Points to Materials: A Transaction Log Analysis of Access Point Value for Online Catalog Users.

Wyly, Brendan J.

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Publication Date: 1996

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From Access Points to Materials: A Transaction Log Analysis of Access Point Value for Online Catalog Users.

Wyly, Brendan J.

Library Resources & Technical Services, v40 n3 p211-36 Jul 1996

Describes a study that investigated the value of various access points in online catalog records by determining their usefulness to searchers who requested location information for items. Results of a transaction log analysis of the Illinois Library Computer Systems Office online union catalog for 45 academic libraries are discussed. (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Records, Databases, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Online Catalogs, Online Searching, Subject Index Terms, Union Catalogs, Users (Information), Value Judgment

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Illinois

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