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Publication Date: 1986
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Integrating End-User Searching into a Bibliographic Instruction Program.
Penhale, Sara J.; Taylor, Nancy
RQ, v27 n2 p212-20 Win 1986
Describes results of several studies which led to integration of end-user searching using BRS/After Dark in the bibliographic instruction program at Earlham College (Indiana). These studies compared results and patterns of online searches by students and librarians, as well as online and manual searches by students. Student opinions were also documented. (EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Menu Driven Software, Online Searching, Reference Materials, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Research Skills, Search Strategies, Student Attitudes, Student Research, Undergraduate Students, User Satisfaction (Information), Users (Information)
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Language: English
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