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ERIC Number: EJ513858
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0160-0044
Multiple Search Sessions by End-Users of Online Catalogs and CD-ROM Databases.
Spink, Amanda; Beatty, Leslie
Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, v32 p77-83 1995
Results are reported from a study that investigated the extent to which academic library end users conducted multiple search sessions with online public access catalogs or CD-ROM databases at different stages of their information seeking related to a research project. Implications for training, retrieval systems design, and further research are discussed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer System Design, Databases, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Library Catalogs, Online Catalogs, Optical Data Disks, Research Needs, Search Strategies, Student Research, Tables (Data), Use Studies, Users (Information)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Identifiers: Training Needs; User Training
Note: Paper presented at the ASIS Annual Meeting (58th, Chicago, IL, October 9-12, 1995).