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Beheshti, Jamshid

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ERIC Number: EJ451785

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Browsing through Public Access Catalogs.

Beheshti, Jamshid

Information Technology and Libraries, v11 n3 p220-28 Sep 1992

Discusses methods of browsing in online public access catalogs (OPACs) and describes one method that uses information pertaining to the physical description of books from MARC records to simulate images of books on a library shelf. Electronic browsing through MARC is discussed, and methods of enhancing OPACs are reviewed. (51 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs, Online Catalogs, Search Strategies, Visual Aids

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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