Testing the New Technology: MEDLINE on CD-ROM in an Academic Health Sciences Library.

Glitz, Beryl

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Publication Date: 1988

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Testing the New Technology: MEDLINE on CD-ROM in an Academic Health Sciences Library.

Glitz, Beryl

Special Libraries, v79 n1 p28-33 Win 1988

Describes the experiences of the University of Southern California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Biomedical Library in testing MEDLINE on CD-ROM. Preparations for testing are discussed, as well as patron response to the system, measured by evaluation forms, and implications for libraries providing new technological tools for patrons. (MES)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Man Machine Systems, Optical Data Disks, Reference Services, User Satisfaction (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Audience: Media Staff; Practitioners

Language: English

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