Command Language Ease of Use: A Comparison of DIALOG and ORBIT.

Krichmar, Albert

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Publication Date: 1981-Jun

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Command Language Ease of Use: A Comparison of DIALOG and ORBIT.

Krichmar, Albert

Online Review, v5 n3 p227-40 Jun 1981

Analyzed data gathered from 78 online searchers to examine attitudes toward the use of DIALOG and SDC's ORBIT command languages. It was found that most users preferred DIALOG for ease of use. Twenty sources are listed. (FM)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Information Retrieval, Online Systems, Questionnaires, Search Strategies, Surveys

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

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