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Welch, Jeanie M. – 1984
This paper describes the development of online bibliographic searching at Lamar University, a state-supported university in Beaumont, Texas, and the results of a 1983 users' survey evaluating satisfaction with online searching services. Online searching is defined and its advantages and disadvantages are briefly outlined. The equipment used in…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Costs, Databases, Graphs
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1992
This document reports the result of a study carried out to evaluate the installation and use of the UNESCO CD-ROM prototype. A questionnaire in English and French was sent to about 267 institutions around the world. Replies were received from 97 bodies, giving a response rate of about 36%. Almost all respondents were information professionals in…
Descriptors: Databases, Foreign Countries, Graphs, Information Retrieval
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Franklin, Godfrey; Toifel, Ronald C. – Research Strategies, 1994
Reports on a study of library skills retention which showed that the inclusion of library exercises and hands-on training in undergraduate and graduate bibliographic instruction programs influences education students' retention of subject matter. Statistics are given for each item on a 24-question pre- and posttest; a copy of the test is appended.…
Descriptors: Citation Indexes, College Libraries, Databases, Education Courses