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Ding, Wei; Marchionini, Gary – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1996
Compares features and search performances of three popular Web-based search services: InfoSeek, Lycos, and OpenText. Five queries were used to conduct searches with these services. There was a low level of result overlap among the services; none of the services provide good output control for users. Includes recommendations for improvements in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Services
Peer reviewedBevis, Mary D. – Reference Librarian, 1996
Describes a study conducted at Jacksonville State University (Alabama) that compared the ERIC print index, "Resources in Education" (RIE), to the ERIC index in CD-ROM format. Accuracy of results, time savings, and user satisfaction are discussed, and copies of the questionnaire and survey are appended. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Indexes, Optical Data Disks, Printed Materials
Feldman, Susan – Searcher, 1997
Presents guidelines for selecting World Wide Web search engines. Real-life questions were used to test six search engines. Queries sought company information, product reviews, medical information, foreign information, technical reports, and current events. Compares performance and features of AltaVista, Excite, HotBot, Infoseek, Lycos, and Open…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection, Guidelines
Peer reviewedOzmutlu, Seda; Spink, Amanda; Ozmutlu, Huseyin C. – Information Processing & Management, 2003
Results from an analysis of 1,025,010 Excite queries from 2001 are compared to similar Excite datasets from 1997 to 1999. Overall, results indicate that multimedia Web searching is undergoing major changes as Web content and searching evolves. (AEF)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Peer reviewedShiri, Ali Asghar; Revie, Crawford; Chowdhury, Gobinda – Journal of Information Science, 2002
Discussion of user interfaces to information retrieval systems focuses on interfaces that incorporate thesauri as part of their searching and browsing facilities. Discusses research literature related to information searching behavior, information retrieval interface evaluation, search term selection, and query expansion; and compares thesaurus…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Interfaces, Databases, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedHancock-Beaulieu, Micheline – Journal of Documentation, 1990
Describes a study at the City University (London) that was conducted to evaluate the impact of an online catalog on subject searching behavior. Methods of using the catalog and browsing at the shelves are examined, and results are compared with an earlier study of subject searching with a manual PRECIS index. (25 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Indexes
Vockell, Edward L.; Kopenec, Donald – Computing Teacher, 1989
Provides a comparison of four database management programs commonly used in schools: AppleWorks, the DOS 3.3 and ProDOS versions of PFS, and MECC's Data Handler. Topics discussed include information storage, spelling checkers, editing functions, search strategies, graphs, printout formats, library applications, and HyperCard. (LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Database Management Systems
Paepcke, Andreas; Brandriff, Robert; Janee, Greg; Larson, Ray; Ludaescher, Bertram; Melnik, Sergey; Raghavan, Sriram; [and] Owen, Catherine; Pearson, Tony; Arnold, Stephen; [and] Moore, Reagan; Baru, Chaitan; Rajasekar, Arcot; Ludaescher, Bertram; Marciano, Richard; Wan, Michael; Schroeder, Wayne; Gupta, Amarnath; [and] Coyle, Karen – D-Lib Magazine, 2000
Includes four articles that discuss: (1) search middleware, or software packages that allow access to information sources for digital libraries; (2) film archives and building online collections of data for use in film research and teaching; (3) digital archives; and (4) a virtual union catalog for the University of California. (LRW)
Descriptors: Archives, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Electronic Libraries
Peer reviewedChristensen, Edward W.; Bailey, James R. – Internet Research, 1998
Describes a study that compared performance differences (perceived, actual, and temporal) for a strategic business information acquisition experimental task when subjects used a library versus using the Internet. It was found that task performance decreased and time to completion increased when using the Internet. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Information Sources, Internet
Peer reviewedAllison, DeeAnn; Childers Scott – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2002
Describes a study at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln that compared searches in two different keyword indexes with similar content where search results were dependent on search strategy quality, search engine execution, and content. Results showed search engine execution had an impact on the number of matches and that users ignored search help…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Higher Education
Durfee, Linda J. – 1987
When DIALOG introduced DIALMAIL, its electronic mail service, online searchers were encouraged to use it as an alternative delivery method for offline prints. The new method of retrieval was considered to be fast and described in documentation and reviews as being much less expensive than online types. Performed in June 1987, this study compares…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software Reviews, Cost Effectiveness
Pritchard, Eileen E.; Rockman, Ilene F. – 1986
The purpose of this study was to improve upon previous research investigations by analyzing the elements of cost effectiveness, precision, recall, citation overlap, and hours searching in a comparison between computerized database searching and manual searching, using the setting of an academic library environment with a diverse group of students…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Download full textCopeland, Richard F.; And Others – 1980
The first phase of a project to design a prompting system to help semi-experienced end users to search Chemical Abstracts online, this study focused on the differences and similarities in the search approaches used by experienced users and those with less expertise. Four online searches on topics solicited from chemistry professors in small…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Chemistry, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
Perusse, Lyse – 1979
This study, which was conducted at the University of Quebec over a period of six months, focuses on four systems for online information retrieval that are available to users at the university and provide access to some of the same databases: BRS (Bibliographic Retrieval Services Inc.), CAN/OLE (Canadian On-Line Inquiry), Lockheed DIALOG, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Foreign Countries
Melton, Jessica S. – 1967
Objectives of this project were to develop and test a method for automatically processing the text of abstracts for a document retrieval system. The test corpus consisted of 768 abstracts from the metallurgical section of Chemical Abstracts (CA). The system, based on a subject indexing rational, had two components: (1) a stored dictionary of words…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Automation, Comparative Analysis, Computer Programs
