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ERIC Number: EJ513863
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0160-0044
A Task-Oriented Approach to Retrieval System Evaluation.
Hersh, William R.; And Others
Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, v32 p112-17 1995
Describes a task-oriented assessment of two MEDLINE searching systems by medical students, one using Boolean searching on human-indexed thesaurus terms and one using natural language searching on words in the title, abstract, and indexing terms. Highlights include user certainty in answering questions, time needed, and user satisfaction. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Abstracts, Evaluation Methods, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Medical Education, Medical Students, Online Searching, Online Systems, Search Strategies, Subject Index Terms, Tables (Data), Thesauri, Time on Task, User Satisfaction (Information), Users (Information)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Boolean Search Strategy; MEDLINE; Natural Language; Task Orientation
Note: Paper presented at the ASIS Annual Meeting (58th, Chicago, IL, October 9-12, 1995).