Database Use Patterns in Public Libraries.

Tenopir, Carol; Read, Eleanor J.

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Publication Date: 2000

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Database Use Patterns in Public Libraries.

Tenopir, Carol; Read, Eleanor J.

Reference & User Services Quarterly, v40 n1 p39-52 Fall 2000

Discusses database usage data from a sample of 98 public libraries and library systems in the United States and Canada that revealed patterns of use. Results of the questionnaire used, which is appended, showed the number of workstations was statistically correlated with amount of use. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Correlation, Databases, Foreign Countries, Library Research, Library Services, Public Libraries, Questionnaires, Tables (Data), Use Studies, Users (Information), Workstations

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada; United States

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