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Hull, Theodore J.; Adams, Margaret O. – Government Information Quarterly, 1995
Describes services offered by the Center for Electronic Records of the National Archives and Records Administration and discusses electronic communication tools used in its reference services program, including electronic mailing lists, electronic mail, and online descriptive materials and finding aids. Provides an overview of constituency groups…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Information Seeking
Maddux, Cleborne – Educational Technology, 1996
Presents an annotated list of several World Wide Web search engines, including Yahoo, Infoseek, Alta Vista, Magellan, Lycos, Webcrawler, Excite, Deja News, and the LISZT Directory of discussion groups. Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) are included. Discussion assesses performance and describes rules and syntax for refining or limiting a search.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Su, Louise T.; Chen, Hsin-liang; Dong, Xiaoying – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1998
Examines the effectiveness of four Web-based search engines--Alta Visa, infoseek, Lycos, and Open Text--from users' perspectives. Results show that although Lycos has the best relevance ranking performance and highest precision ratio, Alta Vista has the best connectivity, highest user satisfaction ratios for precision and three components of…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Sources
Morgan, Eric Lease – Computers in Libraries, 1999
Explores ways for librarians to improve search strategies in a globally networked computing environment. Discusses browsing versus more structured search strategies; thinking processes and information-seeking processes; supplementing the traditional reference interview with computer-based reference assistants; models for automating the reference…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Networks, Improvement Programs, Information Seeking
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Lager, Mark A. – 1996
This paper focuses on techniques for retrieval used in information sciences and in World Wide Web search engines. The purpose of reference service and information science is to provide useful information in response to a query. The two metrics of recall and precision serve to express information retrieval performance. There are two major…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks, Directories, Indexing
Ertel, Monica – Searcher, 1995
Identifies and discusses four problems librarians face in dealing with the Internet: (1) how to locate information; (2) how to ensure that information is from a quality source; (3) what price should be paid for Internet access; and (4) what recourse is there for incorrect information. Sidebars include Internet site addresses and a discussion of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Cost Effectiveness
Mashhadi, Azam; Han, Christine – 1996
The Internet has major implications for both education and educational research. According to John Dewey (1916), the form of experience that is most educative is participation in shared inquiry. The Internet "represents a dynamically evolving virtual world, with virtual communities forming all over the place, each composed of people with…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Computer Literacy, Computer Networks
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