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ERIC Number: EJ513812
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-6530
User Access Time: Hard Copy and Microfilm Compared.
Sweetland, James H.
Microform Review, v24 n3 p133-37 Sum 1995
Discusses the amount of time necessary to access, read, and annotate articles in bound journals and on 35-mm microfilm. Journal articles require an average time of 5.12 minutes to retrieve and read from bound volumes versus 6.17 minutes from microfilm. Abstracts from "Dissertation Abstracts" require an average of 1.9 minutes from bound volumes versus 4.93 minutes from microfilm. (Author)
Descriptors: Abstracts, Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations, Efficiency, Information Retrieval, Microfilm, Periodicals, Printed Materials, Users (Information)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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