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Download full textMcJunkin, Monica Cahill – 1994
This study examines precision and recall for title and keyword searches performed in the "FirstSearch" WorldCat database when keywords are used with and without adjacency of terms specified. A random sample of 68 titles in economics were searched in the OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) Online Union Catalog in order to obtain their…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedAkeroyd, John – Journal of Documentation, 1990
Discussion of online public access catalogs focuses on a study that evaluated 3 different systems in Great Britain. Comparative evaluations were made using structured exercises to determine searching techniques and transaction logs to investigate user behavior. Comments on future research are also given. (12 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Library Catalogs
Peer reviewedGriffin, Mary Ann – Catholic Library World, 1988
Describes a study that compared subject index headings for theological terminology used by the Catholic Subject Headings and the Library of Congress Subject Headings. The discussion covers issues related to the possible conversion to Library of Congress cataloging by Catholic university libraries. (three references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Church Related Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedWiberley, Stephen E., Jr.; And Others – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1995
Discussion of user persistence in displaying postings from an online catalog focuses on a study at the University of Illinois at Chicago that compared results of an earlier study of user persistence with a recent study of users and their online catalog, LUIS. Results of questionnaires and transaction log analysis are reported. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBallard, Terry – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1994
Describes a study conducted to determine the main differences in online catalog searching styles and results among library staff, faculty, and patrons at Adelphi University (New York). Transaction log analysis, questionnaires, zero hit searches, keyword, author, title, subject, and other search strategies were evaluated to determine patterns of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Higher Education
Peer reviewedVoorbij, Henk J. – Journal of Documentation, 1998
To compare the value of subject descriptors and title keywords as entries to subject searches, two studies were conducted, both concentrating on monographs in the humanities and social sciences held by online public access catalog of the National Library of the Netherlands. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Humanities
Snelson, Pamela – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1993
This study examined two groups of online catalog users--one group using terminals in the library at Drew University (New Jersey) and the other using remote workstations. Transaction log analysis, online surveys, and interviews were used to determine perceptions of accessibility, frequency of use, user satisfaction, browsing behavior, and task…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis
