Evaluation-Based Training: Improving the Quality of End-User Searching.

Cheney, Debora

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ERIC Number: EJ433186

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Evaluation-Based Training: Improving the Quality of End-User Searching.

Cheney, Debora

Journal of Academic Librarianship, v17 n3 p152-55 Jul 1991

Discusses training for online searching and describes how librarians can use evaluation-based methods to teach end users how to produce quality search results. Topics discussed include teaching end users to ask appropriate questions, teaching needed analytical and technical skills, and teaching the use of a simplified search model. (17 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Utilization, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Models, Online Searching, Questioning Techniques, Search Strategies, Skill Development, User Needs (Information), Users (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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