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Download full textMoghdam, Dineh – 1974
This study was undertaken to test the effectiveness of a computer-assisted tutorial (CAI) program in teaching the novice and transient user the procedures for conducting a search on The New York Times Information Bank. A two-part experiment was designed to compare the relative effectiveness of the CAI program and the printed instructions…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Individual Instruction
Livengood, Stephanie Plank – 1997
This paper describes the creation of a comprehensive evaluation tool for reference librarians in adult service divisions to use in selecting World Wide Web sites as reference sources. Traditional evaluation criteria, endorsed and applied by librarians over the years, are not sufficient for the evaluation of today's hypermedia web site environment.…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Computer Graphics, Evaluation Criteria, Hypermedia
Brewster, Suzanne H. – 1996
As information professionals attempt to meet the needs of scholars, a significant issue is the degree of correspondence between research tools created by library and information science professionals and research tools created and used by scholars in any particular academic discipline. Humanities scholars assign importance to the use of personal…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Authority Control (Information), Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Utilities
Smith, Teresa S. – 1996
The Internet is a network of networks which continually accumulates and amasses information, much of which is without organization and evaluation. This study addresses the need for establishing a database of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), and for collecting, organizing, indexing, and publishing catalogs of URLs. Librarians and information…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Information Dissemination, Information Needs
Thrash, Beverly M. – 1993
This purpose of this study was to determine which periodical index--InfoTrac or EBSCO Magazine Article Summaries--is the most appropriate for use by middle school students preparing required research projects. The study population consisted of randomly selected sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students (N=50) in a Cobb County (Georgia) middle…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Educational Resources, Indexes
Buterbaugh, Nancy Toth – 1996
This study evaluates two databases, "Historical Abstracts" and REESWeb, to determine their effectiveness in supporting academic social science research. While many performance evaluations gather quantitative data from isolated query and response transactions, this study is a qualitative evaluation of the databases in the context of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Database Design, Databases
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