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Assessing the Usability of WorldCat Local: Findings and Considerations
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Bertot, John Carlo; Berube, Katy; Devereaux, Peter; Dhakal, Kerry; Powers, Stephen; Ray, Jennie – Library Quarterly, 2012
A number of academic, public, regional, and state libraries use WorldCat Local (WCL) as a resource location tool that enables users to search, find, and gain access to a range of print and electronic resources. This article describes a study undertaken to assess a Research I university's implementation of WCL. The study sought to understand the…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Shared Resources and Services, Research Tools, Information Needs
A Mathematical Model of the Illinois Interlibrary Loan Network. Project Report Number 4.
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Rouse, William B.; Rouse, Sandra H. – 1976
Relatively recent developments, ranging from microfilm catalogs to networked circulation systems, have the potential of removing much of the uncertainty from the routing of interlibrary loan requests. The opportunity of purchasing location and availability information changes the performance of a model interlibrary loan network. Data collected in…
Descriptors: Book Catalogs, Catalogs, Computer Oriented Programs, Costs
State of Illinois Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
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Illinois State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Springfield.
This booklet lists the names and addresses of units serving the blind and partially sighted in the state of Illinois and gives a brief description of each unit. The services provided are listed under the following categories: Services for the Aged, Services for Parents of the Visually Impaired, Educational Services for Visually Handicapped…
Descriptors: Blindness, Catalogs, Guides, Handicapped Children
DON'T SHOP WITH BLINDERS ON, SEE WHAT YOU BUY.
FASAN, WALTER R.; AND OTHERS
REGULAR MAIL ORDER CATALOGS MAY BE USED AS A SOURCE OF MATERIAL FOR TEACHING MANY PRACTICAL LESSONS TO GROUPS OF STUDENTS WHO MAY BE POTENTIAL DROPOUTS. A UNIT CENTERING ABOUT THE USE OF SUCH CATALOGS WAS DEVELOPED IN A CLASS OF STUDENTS 14 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER BUT STILL IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. LOOKING UP AND ORDERING ITEMS FROM A CATALOG CAN…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Cultural Enrichment, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged
Piggyback onto PLATO
Olson, Dennis; Magero, James – Audiovisual Instruction, 1976
The Rockford School of Medicine uses the PLATO IV computer system and terminal to get up-to-the-minute, on line software catalogs available for use by the faculty and students on a printed display. (JY)
Descriptors: Catalogs, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education, Indexes
The Whole Rockford Catalog; A Handbook for Daily Living.
Webster, Ernest; McSweeney, Marilee – 1974
A catalog has been prepared as a guide to survival in Rockford, Illinois. Designed to acquaint both newcomers and long-term residents of Rockford with community resources, services, and agencies, it covers crisis situations, discrimination and civil rights, education, employment, family problems, having fun, housing, medical services, money, and…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Community Information Services, Community Organizations, Community Services
TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION IN TEACHING THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH GRADE CHILDREN HOW TO USE THE CARD CATALOG. FINAL REPORT.
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WOELFLIN, LESLIE E. – 1965
A PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION UNIT WHICH USED PICTORIAL AND SIMULATION TECHNIQUES WAS DEVELOPED TO TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO USE THE CARD CATALOG. ITEMS INVOLVED IN THE UNIT INCLUDED A PROGRAMED TEXTBOOK, A SPECIAL CARD CATALOG, AND A PRACTICE SET OF BOOKS. SUBJECTS WERE STUDENTS FROM GRADES 3, 4, AND 5 WHO WERE DIVIDED INTO AN EXPERIMENTAL AND A CONTROL…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Comparative Analysis, Grade 3, Grade 4