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Compton, Lawrence E. – 1991
This study investigated the use patterns of four CD-ROM systems--Newsbank Electronic Index, SilverPlatter's ERIC and PsycLIT, and Dissertation Abstracts Ondisc--and their print index counterparts in the University of Georgia (UGA) Main Library, which houses collections and provides library services for the humanities, the social sciences, and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Higher Education
Download full textEvans, John E. – 1994
This research is concerned with the pragmatic performance characteristics of competing information technologies (ITs) and services in the university research center, as measured by user demand and choice. Technologies and services studied include: (1) mediated search service operating at cost recovery, open to all; (2) end-user service collecting…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Costs, Higher Education
Roberts, Deanna – 1991
This report provides instructional materials for a voluntary introductory workshop in the use of the Educational Resources and Information Clearinghouse (ERIC) database on CD-ROM. The workshop instruction is based on Leslie J. Brigg's Theories of Instructional Design with instructional objectives based on Robert Gagne's Learning Taxonomy. Library…
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Students, Databases, Higher Education
Peer reviewedTenopir, Carol; Ennis, Lisa – Reference & User Services Quarterly, 2002
Discusses results of four surveys sent to members of the Association of Research Libraries to investigate changes in academic library reference services due to new and rapidly evolving technologies. Highlights include digital reference options; local databases; CD-ROMs; intermediary online searching; end-user online search services; and the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education
Omaji, Alice – Computers in Libraries, 1994
Presents the results of a study of CD-ROM database use by 100 university students. The students' age, level of study, course of study, and reasons for nonuse are reported. Implications of the study, and suggestions for promoting CD-ROM use and involving faculty in raising awareness are presented. (eight references) (KRN)
Descriptors: Age, Bibliographic Databases, College Faculty, College Libraries
Peer reviewedLeach, Bruce A. – College and Research Libraries, 1994
Reports on a four-year study of use patterns of CD-ROM databases in a biological sciences library. More than half the individuals recorded all use within one month. Over a third recorded use on only one day. Results suggest that the library should emphasize point-of-use instruction for first-time searchers and deemphasize workshops. (Contains 11…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Biological Sciences, College Libraries, Graduate Students
Peer reviewedTenopir, Carol – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1999
Considers the increase in the variety of electronic reference options in academic libraries based on surveys of ARL (Association of Research Libraries) members. Discusses online catalogs; CD-ROM databases; World Wide Web access; and changes in library instruction, including formal instruction, point-of-use instruction, and Internet instruction.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education
Pitet, Lynn T. – 1992
The purpose of the project described in this paper was to gather information about online/CD-ROM database systems that would be useful in improving the services offered at the University of Findlay, a small private liberal arts college in northwestern Ohio. A survey was sent to 67 libraries serving colleges similar in size which included questions…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, College Libraries, College Students
Peer reviewedFidler, Linda M.; Johnson, Debra Wilcox – Public Libraries, 1994
Discusses and compares the incorporation of technology by larger public libraries in Canada and the United States. Technology mentioned includes online public access catalogs; remote and local online database searching; microcomputers and software for public use; and fax, voice mail, and Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf and Teletype writer…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks, Databases
Peer reviewedAckerson, Linda G.; Young, Virgina E. – Research Strategies, 1994
A three-year study at the University of Alabama compared a traditional lecture method for teaching library research skills with a course-integrated, computer-enhanced approach by assessing each method's impact on the quality of bibliographies from engineering students' term papers. In four of the five semesters, no significant differences were…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
