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Peer reviewedFerl, 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
Peer reviewedLazinger, Susan S.; Peritz, Bluma C. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1991
Describes a study conducted at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to determine whether users doing bibliographic searches in ALEPH (Automated Library Expandable Program Hebrew University), a bibliographic utility with a decentralized database, searched the online catalog of the library where they were working or whether they accessed other…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Utilities, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMatthews, Joseph R.; Lawrence, Gary S. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1984
Reports on the Online Catalog Public Access Project, a survey of users and nonusers in 31 U.S. libraries conducted for the Council on Library Resources. Characteristics of users, tasks, library setting, and system interface that affect user satisfaction are identified. A 25-item bibliography and user questionnaire are appended. (7 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Display Systems, Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs
Peer reviewedSiegel, 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
