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A Computer Intermediary for Interactive Database Searching. I. Design.
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Meadow, Charles T.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1982
Reports on the development of the Individualized Instruction for Data Access System (IIDA), a computer system designed at Drexel University, which serves as an intermediary enabling users to perform complex tasks on another computer. Capabilities of the instruction mode and assistance mode are discussed. Fifteen references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Databases, Information Retrieval
A Computer Intermediary for Interactive Database Searching. II. Evaluation.
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Meadow, Charles T.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1982
Testing in an industrial setting of the Individualized Instruction for Data Access System--an intermediary system designed to train and assist users in conducting computer searches--demonstrates that end users can learn to do bibliographic searches through computer-assisted instruction that are as satisfactory as searches performed for them.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Databases, Formative Evaluation