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Carey, Kevin – 1986
Twelve online searchers in several reference departments in a major urban university library were interviewed to identify the criteria that are present in successful searches from the searcher's perspective. The study was designed to show that successful searching requires active participation by both the searcher and the patron throughout the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Interviews
