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Oh, Kyong Eun; Colón-Aguirre, Mónica – College & Research Libraries, 2019
Google Scholar and academic library discovery systems are both popular resources among academic users for finding scholarly information. By conducting an online survey with 975 users from more than 20 public research universities across the United States, this study comparatively investigates how and why academic users use these two resources.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Search Engines, Information Retrieval, Public Colleges
Ciampa, Mark – Information Systems Education Journal, 2011
Passwords have the distinction of being the most widely-used form of authentication--and the most vulnerable. With the dramatic increase today in the number of accounts that require passwords, overwhelmed users usually resort to creating weak passwords or reusing the same password for multiple accounts, thus making passwords the weakest link in…
Descriptors: Information Security, Information Storage, Information Retrieval, Memorization
Miller, L. D.; Soh, Leen-Kiat; Samal, Ashok; Nugent, Gwen – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2012
Learning objects (LOs) are digital or non-digital entities used for learning, education or training commonly stored in repositories searchable by their associated metadata. Unfortunately, based on the current standards, such metadata is often missing or incorrectly entered making search difficult or impossible. In this paper, we investigate…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Metadata, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
Petrelli, Daniela; Auld, Daniel – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2008
Purpose: This paper aims to provide an initial understanding of the constraints that historical video collections pose to video retrieval technology and the potential that online access offers to both archive and users. Design/methodology/approach: A small and unique collection of videos on customs and folklore was used as a case study. Multiple…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Access to Information, Archives, Information Retrieval

Siddiqui, Moid A. – Online Review, 1991
This review of the literature on full-text databases provides information on search strategy, performance measurement, and the benefits and limitations of full text compared to bibliographic database searching. Various use studies and uses of full-text databases are also listed. (21 references) (LAE)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Evaluation Methods, Full Text Databases, Information Retrieval
McDonnell, Janice P.; Koehler, Wallace C.; Carroll, Bonnie C. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1997
The IIa Internet Study addressed the problem of access/retrieval of relevant information for end users in the digital environment. Findings indicate the feasibility of building distributed digital collections of Web-based documents by applying evolving technologies for dynamic harvesting, processing, and maintenance of catalog content. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Document Delivery, Electronic Libraries, Information Management

Dow, Elizabeth H.; Chesnutt, David R.; Underwood, William E.; Tibbo, Helen R.; Kline, Mary-Jo; Bickford, Charlene N. – American Archivist, 2001
Discusses ways to improve and standardize intellectual access to electronically published historical documents. Highlights include metadata; information retrieval; the need for user studies; the need to assess implications for change in publication management; and the need to compare empirically various technological approaches to access to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Electronic Publishing, Information Retrieval
Hastings, Samantha K. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1995
Describes the nature of intellectual access to digitized art images using qualitative methodologies based on a study at the University of Central Florida. Queries of art historians are analyzed and compared to retrieval parameters and image characteristics, and implications for database design are suggested. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Art History, Art Products, Comparative Analysis
Coats, Lisa R. – Journal of Archival Organization, 2004
User studies have been conducted for many years in the information and library science fields. In the archival world, this phenomenon has not been as common and less emphasis has been placed on collecting and studying the user's perspective in general. However, there are studies showing the "use" of these types of studies, particularly in the…
Descriptors: Archives, Standards, Coding, Metadata
Karpenko, Volodymyr – 1998
This study was to conducted to define how metatags are used by Ohio public library webmasters and to determine the de facto standard for metatag usage. The 106 Ohio public library World Wide Web sites accessible through the Ohio Public Libraries Information Network (OPLIN) were evaluated using a statistical analysis of the HTLM code and content of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Hypermedia, Indexing, Information Retrieval

Watters, Carolyn; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Discussion of information retrieval highlights DalText, a prototype information retrieval system that provides access to nonindexed textual data files where the mode of access is determined by the user based on the task at hand. A user study is described that was conducted at Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia) to test DalText. (Contains 23…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education

Harter, Stephen P.; Kim, Hak Joon – College & Research Libraries, 1996
Discusses the results of a study of access problems and issues related to scholarly and peer-reviewed electronic journals (e- journals) found on the Internet. Reports data on the accuracy of directory information; accessibility of articles; status of e-journal archives; methods used to retrieve current and back issues; and data formats used by…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing
Yakel, Elizabeth – Journal of Archival Organization, 2004
The article reports the results of a usability study of an EAD interface. Findings indicate that subjects had trouble understanding archival terminology and how best to search for information in finding aids. Furthermore, they were not familiar with the structure or contents of finding aids. In addition to building interfaces that minimize…
Descriptors: Archives, Standards, Coding, Metadata
Perdue, Bob; Piotrowski, Chris – 1988
Designed to evaluate the usefulness of the BIOSIS PREVIEWS database when searching the psychiatric literature, this study compared the effectiveness of this online database with the effectiveness of two other computerized databases, MEDLINE and PsycINFO (Psychological Abstracts), which psychiatric researchers and clinicians usually rely on when…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Citations (References), Comparative Analysis
Brander, Linda L. – 1988
This report summarizes the activities and accomplishments of the Montana Faxnet Project, which was created to design and demonstrate a statewide document delivery network utilizing telefacsimile equipment that would create equitable access for all Montanans accessing and retrieving information, and reduce the waiting time for requested materials…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Facsimile Transmission
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