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Dreher, Mariam Jean, Ed.; Guthrie, John T., Ed. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1993
The growing body of research investigating how people search for or locate information in a variety of materials is reviewed and extended. Although the nature of materials and the complexity of locating tasks varies in the seven articles, each aims to elucidate the conditions that affect search processes. (SLD)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Graphs
Kelly, Sarah A; And Others – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1988
A survey of 123 users at the National Agricultural Library and Purdue University showed that, for most measures of acceptability, users preferred online or digital videodisc versions of the Pork Industry Handbook to the printed version. User characteristics were examined as factors that might influence responses. (Author/MES)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Agriculture, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software
Welch, Jeanie M. – 1984
This paper describes the development of online bibliographic searching at Lamar University, a state-supported university in Beaumont, Texas, and the results of a 1983 users' survey evaluating satisfaction with online searching services. Online searching is defined and its advantages and disadvantages are briefly outlined. The equipment used in…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Costs, Databases, Graphs