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Download full textNiehoff, Robert; Mack, Greg – 1984
This report describes recent efforts to modify, test, and evaluate an experimental online database consisting of 15 vendor-supplied, controlled subject vocabularies or thesauri. The experimental database, called the Vocabulary Switching System (VSS), is designed to enhance search strategies and ultimately retrieval performance for users of online…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Search Strategies
Fidel, Raya – 1988
This study investigated online searching behavior manifested by 39 experienced professional searchers performing their regular, job-related searches in order to uncover the rules they use for the selection of search keys, and to represent these rules in a formal model that could be used in the construction of intermediary expert systems. The case…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Case Studies, Expert Systems, Models
Peer reviewedBarbuto, Domenica M.; Cevallos, Elena E. – RQ, 1991
Describes a survey of library users at Hofstra University that was conducted to determine how well end-user search services satisfy information needs and the extent to which users apply concepts and techniques emphasized in the training program. The impact of thesaurus use is examined and modifications in training are recommended. (four…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Databases, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
