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Download full textDrexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA. Graduate School of Library Science. – 1978
These quarterly reports for September and December 1978 are two in a series providing a formative evaluation of the Individualized Instruction for Data Access (IIDA) project, an investigation of searching behavior patterns conducted to develop (1) a model of good searching procedure which could be used as the basis for teaching new users of IIDA…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Databases, Formative Evaluation
Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA. Graduate School of Library Science. – 1978
This report provides a brief general summary of progress in a 2-year project renewing earlier work on the development of Individualized Instruction for Data Access (IIDA)--a system for teaching online searching techniques for bibliographic data bases--as well as an in-depth report on the IIDA computer system design. The Connector for Networked…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Computers, Databases
Meadow, Charles T.; And Others – 1977
This report describes the development of a design and a small working model for a system for teaching and assisting in the performance of bibliographic on-line searches through the use of an intermediary computer. The system in its present form is intended for direct users of scientific and technical information systems. However, it is felt that…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Databases
Peer reviewedRowley, J. E. – Information Services and Use, 1990
Describes study conducted with British undergraduate library science students that compared natural language indexing and searching with controlled language searching on a computerized database. The use of the ERIC Thesaurus and Sears List of Subject Headings is explained, recall and precision measures are reported, and further research is…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Foreign Countries
Aversa, Elizabeth – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1991
Suggests ways that the school library media specialist can help students become more successful as users of online information. Four types of barriers to becoming informed are described: (1) indicative access barriers (indexing systems and relevance); (2) physical access to documents identified in a search; (3) linguistic barriers; and (4)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Indexing
Lancaster, F. Wilfrid, Ed. – 1976
Twelve papers from the Twelfth Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing are presented here. Following an introductory paper are two articles on data bases and information sources. The fourth article discusses computer-aided information retrieval in an industrial library. Bibliographic searches is the topic of the fifth article, and…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Bibliographic Coupling, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Storage Devices
