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Henigman, Barbara; Burbank, Richard D. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1995
Discusses results of a survey of music technical services librarians that investigated retrieval problems with the symbols for sharp and flat in music notation in online catalogs. Comparisons are made with an earlier study of online catalog vendors, and a list of institutions surveyed and the questionnaire used are appended. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs
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Ferl, Terry Ellen; Milsap, Larry – Information Technology and Libraries, 1996
Researchers studying subject searching distributed an online questionnaire to users who access the University of California's online public access catalog, MELVYL, from public access terminals in the libraries of the University of California at Santa Cruz. This article discusses the results of transaction log analysis, comparison of in-library and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Computers, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
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Siegel, Elliot R.; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1984
Describes research strategy and methods of comparative evaluation conducted by the National Library of Medicine to assess user acceptance and technical performance of two prototype patron accessible online catalog systems within same operational environment. User acceptance studies included sample search experiment, comparison search experiment,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Equipment Evaluation, Library Catalogs, Library Services
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Johnston, Sarah Hager – Information Technology and Libraries, 1989
Describes a survey of library systems and software vendors that examined the sources, management, and use of authority records in their systems and the functions of an authority control module within an integrated system. Several tables and graphs offer summaries and comparisons of vendors' offerings and capabilities. The questionnaire used is…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Database Design