OPAC User Logs: Implications for Bibliographic Instruction.

Kern-Simirenko, Cheryl

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ERIC Number: EJ307083

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Publication Date: 1983

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OPAC User Logs: Implications for Bibliographic Instruction.

Kern-Simirenko, Cheryl

Library Hi Tech, v1 n3 p27-35 Win 1983

Discusses characteristics of typical online public access catalogs (OPACs) and examines patron use via printouts of transaction logs for three separate systems. Desirable features of OPACs (mnemonic search commands, boolean operators, forgiveness or automatic truncation, browsing a subject heading index, suggestive prompts) and need for bibliographic instruction are noted. (EJS)

Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs, Library Instruction, Online Systems, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Search Strategies, Use Studies, User Satisfaction (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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