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The Direct Use of Online Bibliographic Information Systems by Untrained End Users: A Review of Research.

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Eisenberg, Michael – 1983

This paper reviews the current extent of, research into, and future expectations for the use of online bibliographic retrieval systems by untrained end users rather than by trained search intermediaries. Six sections cover: (1) studies of direct end user searching, done primarily with students or persons in highly technical fields; (2) problems to…

Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Programs, Experimental Programs, Information Retrieval

Communications Software for Microcomputers.

Bruman, Janet L. – 1983

Focusing on the use of microcomputers as "smart terminals" for accessing time-sharing systems for libraries, this document discusses the communications software needed to allow the microcomputer to appear as a terminal to the remote host. The functions which communications software programs are designed to perform are defined and…

Descriptors: Computer Programs, Design Requirements, Evaluation Criteria, Information Networks