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Download full textVan Noate, Judith – 1994
Through descriptions of widely available and helpful sources to find answers about North American Indians, this article highlights some basic library sources such as reference books, reference librarians, electronic indexes, on-line databases, and periodic indexes. In finding books owned by the library about North American Indians, the use of the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Interlibrary Loans, Library Catalogs, Library Circulation
Scaun, Anatole – 1994
This workbook is designed to introduce the Harvey A. Andruss Library at Bloomsburg University (Pennsylvania) to a novice user. It is one component in a self-paced unit in library instruction which also includes an exercise book and a computerized tour of the library. Chapter 1 is concerned with the orientation of the library and covers its…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Circulation, Library Collections
Fannin, Mary JoEllen – 1993
This study suggests that it is important to study library users' reaction to and satisfaction with the instruction given to them for use of the online public access catalog (OPAC). The objective of this study was to discover the types of instruction that users at the Beavercreek Community Library (Ohio) feel are most useful in learning the OPAC.…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Intermode Differences, Library Catalogs, Library Guides
Pica, Leiden (Netherlands). – 1992
The Open Library Network (OBN) is intended to connect national and local university library systems in the Netherlands. OBN integrates existing automated library systems and procedures and brings services like catalog searching and document delivery to the desk of the library user. Project results can be grouped into four categories: (1) the new…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries, Integrated Library Systems
Ensor, Pat – 1990
This report presents the results of a study which explored how patron perceptions and demographics related to keyword/Boolean searching on Indiana State University's (ISU) Library User Information System (LUIS), the online public access catalog (OPAC). Two general theses guide the study: (1) whether the use or non-use of keyword searching on LUIS…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Literacy, Demography, Higher Education
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1991
Highlighting the issues that confront small libraries who are exploring automation options, this report focuses on microcomputer-based automation systems for circulation and an online patron access catalog (OPAC). The information provided outlines some of the questions that librarians must ask themselves or vendors before they select a specific…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Software Evaluation, Costs, Database Management Systems
Van Noate, Judith – 1991
This self-paced workbook is designed to help students at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte acquire basic research skills in using a university library. The workbook, which is designed for use by students in English 1101, is divided into four major sections: (1) Introduction; (2) Encyclopedias (e.g., general, specialized, and encyclopedia…
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Van Noate, Judith – 1990
This workbook is designed to help students at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte acquire basic research skills in using a university library. The workbook is divided into 10 sections: (1) Finding Books in Atkins Library; (2) Library of Congress Subject Headings; (3) Searching ALADDIN (the online catalog); (4) Searching a Subject; (5) Call…
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Streit, Samuel Allen – 1991
The aim of this study is to trace how the Title II-C program has facilitated scholarly access to research materials across the United States. It is intended to give evidence of the importance of the Title II-C Program to libraries' efforts toward developing, preserving, and sharing their resources with the nation's scholars. The study consists of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Cataloging, Federal Aid
Peer reviewedKamisli, Zehra – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2004
We live in the information and the microelectronic age, where technological advancements become a major determinant of our lifestyle. Such advances in technology cannot possibly be made or sustained without concurrent advancement in management systems (5). The impact of computer technology on organizations and society is increasing as new…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Case Studies, College Faculty, Open Education
Richards, Mary – 1987
This report describes a three-stage catalog use study conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Stout from 1982 through 1986 to determine the types of searches conducted and search success rates for both the card and online catalogs during the library's transition to the DataPhase Automated Library Information System (ALIS). Phase I, conducted…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Card Catalogs, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Jenkins, Darrell L. – 1989
The development, testing, introduction, evaluation, and refinement of a user interface for a statewide, multi-library online public access catalog network can be a very involved and politically complex enterprise. A multitude of perspectives, assumptions, preferences, and needs accompanies the multitude of players involved, i.e., library…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Computer System Design, Employee Attitudes, Evaluation Needs
Cotter, Gladys A.; Hartt, Richard W. – 1985
The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), which is charged with providing information services to the scientific and technical community of the Department of Defense (DoD), actively seeks ways to promote resource sharing as a means for speeding access to information while reducing the costs of information processing throughout the defense…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Government Libraries, Information Retrieval
California Univ., Santa Barbara. University Library. – 1986
This study was designed to examine the means and timeliness of identifying and locating information in the present environment of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Library, and to determine the means of access that might best be employed during the next decade. Study methodology included an analysis of readings in the professional…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1987
The seven papers in this collection describe parliamentary library services and activities in both developed and developing countries: (1) "The Electronic Catalogue of the Library of the Deutscher Bundestag" (Ernst Kohl, West Germany); (2) "Library of the Assembly of the Republic: Modernization Efforts" (A. Cabral, Portugal);…
Descriptors: Archives, Building Design, Cataloging, Databases
