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Peer reviewedDiodato, Virgil – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Discusses the results of a survey of 255 librarians and college professors that was conducted to determine their preferences regarding three back-of-the-book index features: word-by-word versus letter-by-letter alphabetizing; line-by-line versus run-on subheading arrangement; and see references versus duplicate entries. (Contains 25 references.)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Filing
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 reviewedBrooks, Sam – Library Quarterly, 2003
Documents the reasons for embargoes of academic journals in full text databases (i.e., publisher-imposed delays on the availability of full text content) and provides insight regarding common misconceptions. Tables present data on selected journals covering a cross-section of subjects and publishers and comparing two full text business databases.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Electronic Journals
Download full textStout, Sheri A. – 1993
This study compares ABI/INFORM and Wilson Business Abstracts in order to determine user preference. Surveys in the form of questionnaires were used to evaluate users' preference of interface, database response time, search results and ease of use with both business CD-ROM databases. Kent State University students, faculty, and patrons interested…
Descriptors: Chi Square, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Database Producers
Tomaiuolo, Nicholas G.; Packer, Joan G. – Computers in Libraries, 1996
Describes a study of the retrieval results of World Wide Web search engines. Research quantified accurate matches versus matches of arguable quality for 200 subjects relevant to undergraduate curricula. Both "evaluative" engines (Magellan, Point Communications) and "nonevaluative" engines (Lycos, InfoSeek, AltaVista) were…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software Evaluation, Evaluation Research
Peer reviewedByrne, Alex; Micco, Mary – College and Research Libraries, 1988
Describes a project intended to improve subject access in an online catalog by adding multiword terms from the table of contents and index to MARC records for each book. The discussion covers a preliminary evaluation of the impact on workload, resources, and subject access to information. (seven references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Leavy, Marvin D. – 1986
Expected Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs) and assigned LCSHs for 161 books requested by faculty in sociology, anthropology, and social work were compared to gauge the likely success of an online subject catalog search for those works. For 80% of the titles checked, inspection of the ninth edition of "Library of Congress Subject…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Anthropology, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedRowley, J. E. – Information Services and Use, 1990
Describes study conducted with British undergraduate library science students that compared natural language indexing and searching with controlled language searching on a computerized database. The use of the ERIC Thesaurus and Sears List of Subject Headings is explained, recall and precision measures are reported, and further research is…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBrennan, Patricia B. M.; Burkhardt, Joanna; McMullen, Susan; Wallace, Marla – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1999
Describes the experiences of Rhode Island's Higher Education Library Information Network (HELIN) Consortium in purchasing electronic journals and databases. Discusses criteria and guidelines developed to help in the decision making process, including coverage, indexing, search features, help features, screen design, full text availability,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Computer Graphics, Consortia
Hersh, William R.; Hickman, David H. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1992
Describes a study that compared two information retrieval systems on a full-text medical database: one featured concept-based automatic indexing and statistical retrieval techniques, and the second used traditional word-based Boolean techniques. Evaluation of search results by calculating relative recall and precision is discussed, and user…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Automatic Indexing, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedWolfram, Dietmar – Information Processing and Management, 1992
This second report on a two-part study on the application of informetrics to information retrieval (IR) system design used models of database contents in a factorial simulation study at the University of Western Ontario. The study explored whether different file structures were better suited for different informetric environments. (32 references)…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation, Computer System Design
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
