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Peer reviewedDiMartino, Diane; And Others – College & Research Libraries, 1995
Compares the CD-ROM search techniques of 42 undergraduate native speakers of English with those of 34 undergraduate English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) speakers. Native speakers were more likely to use plural words and synonyms. Both groups underutilized basic search techniques, such as Boolean operations and indexing. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Higher Education
