User-Based Information Retrieval System Interface Evaluation: An Examination of an On-Line Public Access Catalog.

Hert, Carol A.; Nilan, Michael S.

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ERIC Number: EJ450382

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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User-Based Information Retrieval System Interface Evaluation: An Examination of an On-Line Public Access Catalog.

Hert, Carol A.; Nilan, Michael S.

Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, v28 p170-77 1991

Presents preliminary data that characterizes the relationship between what users say they are trying to accomplish when using an online public access catalog (OPAC) and their perceptions of what input to give the system. Human-machine interaction is discussed, and appropriate methods for evaluating information retrieval systems are considered. (18 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs, Man Machine Systems, Online Catalogs, Search Strategies, Tables (Data), Users (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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Note: 54th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 27-31, 1991.