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Peer reviewedHardy, Andrew P. – Information Processing and Management, 1982
Discusses two models of selecting information sources--Cost/Benefit (information seekers select sources on basis of expected benefits and costs), and Least-Effort (seekers select sources on basis of minimizing effort or cost). Results of a study proposing that users place different weights on costs and benefits are presented. (EJS)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Factor Analysis, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Download full textHawks, Carla; And Others – 1990
Perception and effects of foreign language publications in engineering research are examined. Through the use of both survey and archival sources, including coverage in major scientific and technical databases as vended by DIALOG, various aspects of the foreign language barrier were measured. A foreign language barrier is said to exist when…
Descriptors: Databases, Engineering, Information Retrieval, Information Utilization
Jahoda, Gerald; And Others – 1979
Online searches of bibliographic databases were conducted for scientists and technologists in one academic and one industrial setting. In order to determine the effect of this new technological development on its users' information-seeking habits, and to determine how, how often, and with what satisfaction online search services are used, records…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Information Needs, Information Retrieval, Information Utilization
GOODMAN, ARNOLD F.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) CONDUCTED A TWO-PHASE STUDY TO DETERMINE HOW SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS IN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES ACQUIRE INFORMATION FOR PERFORMING WORK ASSIGNMENTS ON DOD PROGRAMS. THE PHASE I STUDY COVERED THE INFORMATION NEEDS OF DOD PERSONNEL ENGAGED IN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT,…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Correlation, Documentation, Engineers
Koelling, Charles H.; And Others – 1972
The Pilot Training Project for personnel participating in Pilot State Dissemination Programs involved training of the three dissemination project staffs to carry out their dissemination functions. The program attempted to facilitate the use of tested educational research data by local educational agencies in their decision process. The staff…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Data Collection, Decision Making, Extension Education
Lowe, Marilyn T. – 1993
To determine if cooperative planning between the library media specialist (LMS) and the classroom teacher affects the integration of information access skills into the curriculum, classroom teachers in grades 1 through 5 were surveyed in 10 randomly selected schools in Cobb County (Georgia). Of the 183 teachers surveyed, 131 returned…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperative Planning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development
