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HEWER, DAVID J. – 1966
SEARCH STRATEGIES WHICH CAN BE CONTINUOUSLY MODIFIED WERE DEVELOPED FOR COORDINATE SEARCHING SYSTEMS. USING THE FILES OF THE NASA TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION PROGRAM AT THE KNOWLEDGE AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED OF THE RETRIEVAL OF RELEVANT DOCUMENTS BY BOTH MANUAL AND MACHINE METHODS FOR FIVE QUESTIONS…
Descriptors: Documentation, Evaluation Methods, Indexes, Indexing
Peer reviewedShneiderman, Ben; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1989
Describes a study that examined the use of a hypertext system by patrons of three museums. The results discussed include user preference for embedded menus over traditional indexes and user criteria for article selection. The discussion also covers appropriate approaches to analyzing usage data. (eight references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Databases, Evaluation Methods, Indexes, Menu Driven Software
Buckland, Michael – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2001
When systems of ordering, such as classifications and thesauri, are used, two mappings are involved: objects (documents) in the collection and searchers' queries. Four means to achieve this are: relative indexes; syndetic structures; entry vocabulary indexes; and human intermediaries. These forms can supplement and augment each other. The…
Descriptors: Classification, Evaluation Methods, Indexes, Information Retrieval
Download full textDobson, John R. A. – 1983
This study describes the problems of searching in professional journals for relevant articles on the subject of adult education evaluation. Seventy-three journals were identified as containing 337 appropriate articles when searching with 11 title words; 43 percent of the titles referred to human behavior change while 57 percent referred to program…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval
Marsh, Sheila; Goff, Linda – 1987
The purpose of this handbook is to familiarize the user with the organization of the California State University-Sacramento (CSUS) library. As part of a course requirement, the handbook is designed to provide the student with information necessary to perform assignments in the library independently of librarians and support staff, and as a…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Libraries, Assignments, Course Integrated Library Instruction
Welsh, Sue – 1996
The growth in the size of the Internet has resulted in much effort being spent on indexing its contents. The most popular solutions are created by automatic methods, and although offering impressive coverage, they are disappointing where precision of meaning is required. Alternative services created by human beings arrange and index resources…
Descriptors: Classification, Content Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
