Enhancing CD-ROM Searches with Online Updates: An Examination of End-User Needs, Strategies, and Problems.

Charles, Susan K.; Clark, Katharine E.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Enhancing CD-ROM Searches with Online Updates: An Examination of End-User Needs, Strategies, and Problems.

Charles, Susan K.; Clark, Katharine E.

College and Research Libraries, v51 n4 p321-28 Jul 1990

Describes a study that investigated whether academic library patrons searching Agricola on CD-ROM would be willing to use an online updating system to obtain more current citations, the level of user satisfaction with the updating system, and the cost involved in making such a system available to all patrons searching Agricola on CD-ROM. (Four references) (CLB)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Online Searching, Optical Data Disks, Search Strategies, User Needs (Information), User Satisfaction (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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