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Direct linkLevay, Paul; Heath, Andrea; Tuvey, Daniel – Research Synthesis Methods, 2022
Systematic searches are integral to identifying the evidence that is used in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) public health guidelines (PHGs). This study analyses the sources, including bibliographic databases and other techniques, required for PHGs. The aims were to analyse the sources used to identify the publications…
Descriptors: Online Searching, Public Health, Guidelines, Information Sources
Creaser, Claire; Hamblin, Yvonne; Davies, J. Eric – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2006
Purpose: Online content has largely replaced traditional print-based resources as the primary tool for literature searching throughout much of the academic and research community. This paper presents the results of a small-scale study, commissioned by the JISC in 2004, to assess the potential efficiency gains that may be achieved through the use…
Descriptors: Online Searching, Research, Efficiency, Cost Effectiveness
Peer reviewedGreen, Rebecca – Information Technology and Libraries, 1996
Presents the conceptual design of a full-scale bibliographic database that includes bibliographic, authority, holdings, and classification data and is based on entity-relationship modeling. MARC format, AACR2 (Anglo-American Cataloging Rules) compatibility, and normalization and efficiency are discussed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Authority Control (Information), Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Classification
Havener, W. Michael – Online, 1990
Describes an experiment that compared the performance of online and print tools in answering two types of ready reference questions: conceptual questions (requests for citations) and factual questions. The results show that online tools perform best for conceptual questions, but simple factual questions can be answered more quickly using print…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Efficiency, Online Searching
Peer reviewedTaylor, Raymond G.; Edgerton, Janet Gebbie – Information Technology and Libraries, 1990
Describes a project that was designed to study the effectiveness and efficiency of editing procedures within an online bibliographic system at a large research university library. A comprehensive statistical overview of editing commands available is presented, frequency of their use is studied, and questions for further research are suggested.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Editing, Efficiency
Download full textFlanagan, Lynn; Parente, Sharon Campbell – 1996
Electronic databases have grown tremendously in both number and popularity since their development during the 1960s. Access to electronic databases in academic libraries was originally offered primarily through mediated search services by trained librarians; however, the advent of CD-ROM and end-user interfaces for online databases has shifted the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Uses in Education, Efficiency
