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Grisby, Alice B.; Hoffman, Herbert H. – Database, 1981
Examines the effectiveness of online searching for embedded stories, poems, essays, and other literary works in the Magazine Index and Modern Language Association Bibliography databases. Strategies and results of 16 test searches set up to test the access capabilities of the two databases are profiled. (SW)
Descriptors: Databases, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval, Literary Genres
Sweetland, James H. – Database, 1988
Examines the impact of online systems designed to be searched by end users on the process of database and product evaluation. Two testing methods, beta tests and user surveys, are evaluated, and possible solutions to testing problems are suggested. (CLB)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Evaluation Methods, Online Systems
