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Download full textTrahan, Eric – 1990
A meta-analytical literature review was performed on the literature in which computerized and paper based information retrieval systems were compared. Specifically, online catalogs were compared with card catalogs, and online bibliographic retrieval was compared with searching printed indexes. Studies which included information on relevance,…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Card Catalogs, Comparative Analysis, Indexes
Blackwell, Michael Lind – 1994
This study evaluates the "Education Resources Information Center" (ERIC), "Library and Information Science Abstracts" (LISA), and "Library Literature" (LL) databases, determining how long the databases take to enter records (indexing delay), how much duplication of effort exists among the three databases (indexing…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Abstracts, Access to Information, Citation Indexes
