Free Online Searchers for Undergraduates: A Research Project on Use, Costs, and Projections.

Dodd, Jane; Anders, Vicki

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Publication Date: 1984

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Free Online Searchers for Undergraduates: A Research Project on Use, Costs, and Projections.

Dodd, Jane; Anders, Vicki

Library Hi Tech, v1 n4 p43-50 Spr 1984

In order to determine the feasibility of offering free online searches to undergraduates at Texas A&M University's Evans Library, free searches were offered to selected technical writing classes. Student evaluation of the searches are provided and ways to make the service available to undergraduates are suggested. Ten references are cited. (EJS)

Descriptors: College Libraries, Costs, Feasibility Studies, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Library Services, Online Systems, Questionnaires, Reference Services, Research Methodology, Summative Evaluation, Tables (Data), Undergraduate Students

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Tests/Questionnaires

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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