Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ555838
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Access to Fiction for Children: A User-Based Assessment of Options and Opportunities.
Solomon, Paul
Information Services & Use, v17 n2-3 p139-46 1997
Naturalistic observation and questioning of children grades 1-6 in school library media centers investigated their intentions, purposes, search terms, strategies, successes, and breakdowns in accessing fiction through Online Public Access Catalogs (OPACs). Presents a framework of perspectives (individual, social cultural, task, time and timing) to identify problem areas and suggests design options. (PEN)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Childrens Literature, Computer Literacy, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Design Requirements, Electronic Libraries, Elementary Education, Fiction, Information Seeking, Information Skills, Information Systems, Learning Resources Centers, Naturalistic Observation, Online Catalogs, School Libraries, Search Strategies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue: Electronic Access to Fiction
