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Lipetz, Ben-Ami; Paulson, Peter J. – 1984
To study the users and use of the subject searching capability offered by the new online public catalog at the New York State Library (NYSL) a study was begun before the catalog change in mid-1983 and continued for a considerable time after the change. Data were collected during three 1-week periods; one preceded the catalog change and two…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Library Automation, Library Catalogs, Library Facilities
Download full textFrost, Carolyn O. – 1985
This research study addressed four issues relating to subject searching in online catalogs: faculty and student use of subject searching in library catalogs; users' knowledge of and use of the Library of Congress Subject Headings List (LCSH) in a controlled subject heading search; strategies for teaching effective subject searching; and users'…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Faculty, Higher Education
Watson, Paula; Heim, Kathleen – 1984
Intended to be a comprehensive analysis of the use of government documents at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), this project was designed in particular to ascertain to what degree provision of full bibliographic control at UIUC facilitates documents use. A point-of-exit questionnaire was used to determine user status,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Cataloging, Depository Libraries
