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Asher, Andrew D.; Duke, Lynda M.; Wilson, Suzanne – College & Research Libraries, 2013
In 2011, researchers at Bucknell University and Illinois Wesleyan University compared the search efficacy of Serial Solutions Summon, EBSCO Discovery Service, Google Scholar, and conventional library databases. Using a mixed-methods approach, qualitative and quantitative data were gathered on students' usage of these tools. Regardless of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Online Searching, Databases, Library Materials
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Fry, Amy; Rich, Linda – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2011
In early 2010, library staff at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in Ohio designed and conducted a usability study of key parts of the library web site, focusing on the web pages generated by the library's electronic resources management system (ERM) that list and describe the library's databases. The goal was to discover how users find and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Databases, Web Sites
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Littlefield, Melissa B.; Edwards, Lorece; Akers, Timothy – Journal of Social Work Education, 2014
The Internet is increasingly used to disseminate health information about diseases and prevention and to help in obtaining health services. Although technology can empower African Americans to adopt healthy lifestyles, the gap in usage between African Americans and Whites undermines the potential power of health Internet technology (IT) to…
Descriptors: African Americans, School Community Programs, Partnerships in Education, Information Dissemination
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Seeholzer, Jamie; Salem, Joseph A., Jr. – College & Research Libraries, 2011
This study explores student use of the mobile Web in general and expectations for an academic library's mobile Web site in particular through focus groups with students at Kent State University. Participants expressed more interest in using their mobile Web device to interact with library resources and services than anticipated. Results showed an…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Web Sites, Academic Libraries, Internet
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Nemeth, Erik – College & Research Libraries, 2010
Discovery of academic literature through Web search engines challenges the traditional role of specialized research databases. Creation of literature outside academic presses and peer-reviewed publications expands the content for scholarly research within a particular field. The resulting body of literature raises the question of whether scholars…
Descriptors: Online Searching, Art History, Publications, Databases
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Inan, Fethi A.; Flores, Raymond; Ari, Fatih; Arslan-Ari, Ismahan – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2011
The purpose of this study was to document the design and development of an adaptive system which individualizes instruction such as content, interfaces, instructional strategies, and resources dependent on two factors, namely student motivation and prior knowledge levels. Combining adaptive hypermedia methods with strategies proposed by…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Strategies, Learning Theories, Instructional Design
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Chan, J. C. P.; Leung, H.; Tang, J. K. T.; Komura, T. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2011
In this paper, a new dance training system based on the motion capture and virtual reality (VR) technologies is proposed. Our system is inspired by the traditional way to learn new movements-imitating the teacher's movements and listening to the teacher's feedback. A prototype of our proposed system is implemented, in which a student can imitate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Control Groups
Lowry, Charles B. – 1992
This 2-year project at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) was conducted to determine the feasibility of providing online periodical indexing to the journal holdings of the UTA libraries by demonstrating an extended use of the libraries' NOTIS Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) to provide better access to local resources. Three approaches…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Indexes
Terkla, Dawn Geronimo; McKnight, Jennifer – 1999
This study at Tufts University (Massachusetts) evaluated College NewsLink, a web-based newsclipping service, as part of a larger study to assess student preferences regarding the acquisition of current events information. The methodology was multi-pronged: first, faculty were surveyed concerning their familiarity with web-based products; second,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, College Faculty, College Students, Current Events
Cohen, Shirley – 1980
A report of a project that established systems of respite care and training of parents who have developmentally disabled members in their home is presented. Attention is directed to project objectives, activities, and outcomes and to the following specific components: collection and analysis of data on factors promoting utilization and…
Descriptors: College Students, Databases, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities
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Pisciotta, Henry A.; Dooris, Michael J.; Frost, James; Halm, Michael – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2005
The Visual Image User Study (VIUS), an extensive needs assessment project at Penn State University, describes academic users of pictures and their perceptions. These findings outline the potential market for digital images and list the likely determinates of whether or not a system will be used. They also explain some key user requirements for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, State Universities, Visual Aids, Use Studies
Staten, Michael E.; Barron, John M. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2005
According to the authors, the comments offered by Robert Manning and Ray Kirshak in this issue of the "Journal of Student Financial Aid" (pp. 39-48) are designed to leave the reader with the impression that their paper "Usage of Credit Cards Received through College Student-Marketing Programs" ("Journal of Student Financial Aid," 2004) was nothing…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Undergraduate Study, Credit (Finance)