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ERIC on Compact Disk: New Software Versions from Dialog, OCLC and SilverPlatter.
Reese, Jean – Laserdisk Professional, 1989
Reviews changes in the ERIC database on compact disk that have been made in systems offered by the following vendors: Dialog, SilverPlatter, and OCLC. Highlights include system requirements, costs, search strategies, printing, help screens, tutorials, double posting, available formats, display of search results, and searchable fields. (LRW)
Descriptors: Change, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Searching SilverPlatter: A Computer-Based CD-ROM Instruction Tool.
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Harrington, James – CD-ROM Professional, 1990
Discusses CD-ROM searching at the University of Charleston; reports the results of a user survey that was conducted to evaluate use of the CD-ROM databases; and describes the design and development of a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) program that explains the basics of searching, retrieving, and printing records using SilverPlatter. (LRW)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Databases
Information Skills, Searching Behaviour and Cognitive Styles for Student-Centred Learning: A Computer-Assisted Learning Approach.
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Wood, Frances; And Others – Journal of Information Science, 1996
Describes a study of undergraduates that was conducted to determine how they searched databases, the effectiveness of their searches, and their satisfaction with them. The students' cognitive and learning styles were determined by the Lancaster Approaches to Studying Inventory and Riding's Cognitive Styles Analysis tests. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Higher Education
Developing In-House Tutorials.
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Nickerson, Gord – CD-ROM Professional, 1991
Discussion of bibliographic instruction for users of CD-ROM products highlights computer-based tutorials (CBT) that were developed at the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Western Ontario. Structured searching is described, and problems created by the lack of commercial CD-ROM tutorials and adequate training videos are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Foreign Countries
A Comparison of Bibliographic Instruction Methods on CD-ROM Databases.
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Davis, Dorothy F. – Research Strategies, 1993
Describes a study of four methods used to instruct college students on searching PsycLIT on CD-ROM: (1) lecture/demonstration; (2) lecture/demonstration using a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel; (3) video; and (4) a computer-based tutorial. Performance data are analyzed, and factors to consider when developing a CD-ROM bibliographic instruction…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Demonstrations (Educational)
Hands-On Instruction in an Electronic Classroom. A Final Report to the U.S. Dept. of Education of a Research and Development Grant Awarded To Establish a Fully-Equipped Electronic Training Room and Test the Effectiveness of Hands-On Instruction in Learning the NOTIS OPAC and Silver-Platter ERIC.
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Wiggins, Marvin E. – 1994
This document is the final report to the U.S. Department of Education of a research and development grant awarded to establish a fully equipped electronic training room and test the effectiveness of hands-on instruction in learning the NOTIS OPAC (online public access catalog) and the Silver-Platter ERIC database on CD-ROM. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Electronic Classrooms