ERIC Number: EJ450395
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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End-User Studies in CD-ROM Environment: Work in Progress.
Balaraman, Kamala
Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, v28 p283-94 1991
Describes preliminary results of a study that examined the effect of individual differences on the use of CD-ROM databases by novice undergraduate users. Factors considered include age, sex, native language, major, computer literacy, computer affinity, personality traits, learning style, visual ability, and perceived usefulness of the system. A model of search tasks is proposed. (40 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Correlation, Databases, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Individual Differences, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Literature Reviews, Models, Online Systems, Optical Data Disks, Predictor Variables, Questionnaires, Reference Services, Search Strategies, Tables (Data), Undergraduate Students, Use Studies, Users (Information)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Note: 54th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 27-31, 1991.
