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Using Information from External Databases: Contextual Relationships of Use, Access Method, Task, Database Type, Organizational Differences, and Outcomes.
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Hart, Paul J.; Rice, Ronald E. – Information Processing and Management, 1991
Applies theories about organizational information processing to better understand the influences on method of access and on effects of using online information. Explores the extent to which organizational differences also influence these variables, what the positive and negative outcomes from using online commercial databases are, and how those…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Information Processing, Information Retrieval
Prototyping a Distributed Information Retrieval System That Uses Statistical Ranking.
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Harman, Donna; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1991
Built using a distributed architecture, this prototype distributed information retrieval system uses statistical ranking techniques to provide better service to the end user. Distributed architecture was shown to be a feasible alternative to centralized or CD-ROM information retrieval, and user testing of the ranking methodology showed both…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Information Retrieval, Information Technology
Evaluation of Online Catalogues: Eliciting Information from the User.
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Hancock-Beaulieu, Micheline; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1991
Describes an investigation of tools, techniques, and methods for the evaluation of interactive library catalogs, with emphasis on diagnostic methods and on use of the catalog in the wider context of user information-seeking behavior. A front-end system (Olive) developed to test various enhancements of traditional transaction lodging as a…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods