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Reexamining Content-Enriched Access: Its Effect on Usage and Discovery
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Tosaka, Yuji; Weng, Cathy – College & Research Libraries, 2011
Content-enriched metadata in bibliographic records is considered helpful to library users in identifying and selecting library materials for their needs. The paper presents a study, using circulation data from a medium-sized academic library, of the effect of content-enriched records on library materials usage. The study also examines OPAC search…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Metadata, Bibliographic Databases, Academic Libraries
Subject Retrieval from Full-Text Databases in the Humanities
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East, John W. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2007
This paper examines the problems involved in subject retrieval from full-text databases of secondary materials in the humanities. Ten such databases were studied and their search functionality evaluated, focusing on factors such as Boolean operators, document surrogates, limiting by subject area, proximity operators, phrase searching, wildcards,…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Search Strategies, Humanities, Bibliographic Databases
User Preference for CD-ROMs: Implications for Library Planners.
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Dyson, Rick; Carey, Kjestine – CD-ROM Professional, 1993
Describes a survey of users of ERIC and AGRICOLA databases in a midsized public university library. Statistics on the use of computerized and print resources, user reasons for choosing the computerized databases, and the percentage of inappropriate or borderline searches are presented; and implications for library services are drawn. (12…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Instruction
Searching Databases on CD-ROM: Comparison of the Results of End-User Searching with Results from Two Modes of Searching by Skilled Intermediaries.
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Lancaster, F. W.; And Others – RQ, 1994
Describes a study conducted at Illinois State University that compared the results achieved by library users searching the ERIC database on CD-ROM with the results achieved by individual and teamed skilled intermediaries. Evaluation of library services is discussed, patron search strategies are examined, and strategies for improving patron…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Usage Rates among TWU-ERIC and Other ERIC Bibliographic Systems on the Texas Woman's University, Denton, Campus.
Galloway, James W. – 1988
This study reports and compares patron usage rates from January 1987 to May 1988 for three separate ERIC database systems at the library at Texas Woman's University (TWU): (1) online searches of the ERIC file through the mainframe computers of DIALOG Information Services (DIALOG ERIC), which are offered in the library reference department by…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Costs