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Peer reviewedFayen, Emily – Library Hi Tech, 1983
Describes development of an online catalog for Dartmouth College Libraries by Dartmouth and Bibliographic Retrieval Services (BRS). Highlights include Dartmouth parameters; capability of creating a fully inverted file for entire bibliographic citation provided by BRS software; features of BRS/Dartmouth user interface; telecommunications links; and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
Hert, Carol A. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1992
Presents preliminary findings of a study that developed descriptions of the behaviors and underlying cognitive processes observed during information retrieval interactions. Data from talk-aloud protocols and postsearch interviews from users of online public access catalogs in academic libraries are examined. (20 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Induction
Markey, Karen – 1983
The Subject Access Research Project was initiated by OCLC in August 1979 to study the process of subject searching in the library catalog, with the objective of identifying features for an automated subject retrieval system which would support the present search tactics employed by library users performing manual subject searches at the library…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Information Retrieval, Interviews, Library Automation
Peer reviewedPejtersen, Annelise Mark – Electronic Library, 1992
Describes the Book House, an interactive, multimedia online public access catalog (OPAC) developed in Denmark that uses icons, text, and animation. An alternative design model that addresses problems in OPACs is described; and database design, system navigation, use for fiction retrieval, and evaluation are discussed. (20 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs
Peer reviewedSullivan, Patricia; Seiden, Peggy – Library Hi Tech, 1985
Traditional methods of studying and evaluating use of online public access catalogs (OPACs) are discussed and compared to verbal protocol method (spoken records of people describing their work that uncover detailed data about thinking during problem solving). Results of Carnegie-Mellon University protocol study of OPAC users are discussed. (22…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedLiu, Songqiao; Svenonius, Elaine – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1991
Describes the Dewey Online Retrieval System (DORS), which was developed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), to experiment with classification-based search strategies in online catalogs. Classification structures in automated information retrieval are discussed; and specifications for a classification retrieval interface are…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Classification, College Libraries, Dewey Decimal Classification
Peer reviewedMeghabghab, George V.; Meghabghab, Dania B. – Information Processing and Management, 1994
Presents an Intelligent Negotiating Neural Network Design Model for solving the problem of poor information retrieval in subject searches of online catalogs. The purpose of the network, its architecture, and three different sessions of the user interface are described. Nineteen figures showing screens of the three sessions are appended. (Contains…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Expert Systems, Illustrations, Information Retrieval
