The Impact of In-House and End-User Databases on Mediated Searching.

Crea, Kathleen; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ447461

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Publication Date: 1992

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The Impact of In-House and End-User Databases on Mediated Searching.

Crea, Kathleen; And Others

Online, v16 n4 p49-53 Jul 1992

Discusses a decline in patron requests for librarian-mediated searches of MEDLINE at Yale University's medical library and describes results of a survey that was conducted to determine possible reasons. The influences of miniMEDLINE (an in-house version), online end-user systems, and CD-ROMs outside the library are examined. (five references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Databases, Graphs, Higher Education, Library Services, Library Surveys, Medical Libraries, Online Searching, Online Systems, Optical Data Disks, Reference Services, Search Strategies, Tables (Data), Use Studies, User Satisfaction (Information), Users (Information)

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Language: English

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