Educating the Online Catalog User: A Model Evaluation Study.

Nielsen, Brian; Baker, Betsy

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ERIC Number: EJ355848

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Publication Date: 1987

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Educating the Online Catalog User: A Model Evaluation Study.

Nielsen, Brian; Baker, Betsy

Library Trends, v35 n4 p571-85 Spr 1987

Describes the research objectives, rationale, methodology, and findings of a model program developed at the Northwestern University Library, which examined whether online catalogs require instruction and, if so, how that instruction would be best delivered. (CLB)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Analysis, Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Development, Library Instruction, Library Services, Online Catalogs, Reference Services, Use Studies, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research

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Audience: Administrators; Media Staff; Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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