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Patterns of Bibliographic Searching among Israeli High School Students.
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Shoham, Snunith; Getz, Irith – Library and Information Science Research, 1988
This study looked for patterns in the search tactics and behavior of Israeli high school students. A sample of 200 students that were engaged in final projects filled out questionnaires to reconstruct their bibliographic searches. The relation between search patterns and student characteristics--bibliographic instruction, project adviser, and home…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Family Environment, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Effects of Age, Gender, College Status, and Computer Experience on Attitudes toward Library Computer Systems (LCS).
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Koohang, Alex A. – Library and Information Science Research, 1986
This investigation of the effects of age, gender, college status, and computer experience on students' attitudes toward an online catalog measured student attitudes on three subscales--computer anxiety, computer confidence, and computer liking. Results of analysis of variance showed that computer experience was significantly related to computer…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Analysis of Variance, College Students, Computer Literacy
Users' Experience of Information Retrieval Systems: An Exploration of the Relationship between Search Experience and Affective Measures.
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Dalrymple, Prudence Ward; Zweizig, Douglas L. – Library and Information Science Research, 1992
A factor analysis of affective data gathered from searchers of an online library catalog, and a card catalog allowed researchers to isolate factors leading to success or failure in information retrieval. Factor patterns serve to identify how searches are evaluated by users. Further research is suggested as are features to facilitate successful…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attitudes, Card Catalogs, Factor Analysis