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Armstrong, C. J.; Large, J. A. – Education for Information, 1987
Describes a microcomputer-based software package, Online Search Tutor (OST), which is designed to teach users online bibliographic searching. Modeled on software previously developed for the European Space Agency Information Retrieval Services (ESA-IRS), OST includes a database of 600 bibliographic records which will simulate actual search…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Information Retrieval