Considerations in the Choice of an Internet Search Tool.

Vaughan, Jason

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ERIC Number: EJ601887

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Publication Date: 1999

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Considerations in the Choice of an Internet Search Tool.

Vaughan, Jason

Library Hi Tech, v17 n1 p89-106 1999

Describes a survey conducted among library school graduate students and librarians at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that investigated factors that play a role in information professionals' choice of Internet search tools. Utility functions and ease of use are discussed and the original online survey is appended. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decision Making, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Internet, Librarians, Library Schools, Search Strategies, Surveys

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Tests/Questionnaires

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Language: English

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