How Do Patrons Search the Online Catalog When No One's Looking? Transaction Log Analysis and Implications for Bibliographic Instruction and Systems Design.

Wallace, Patricia M.

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ERIC Number: EJ478017

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Publication Date: 1993

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How Do Patrons Search the Online Catalog When No One's Looking? Transaction Log Analysis and Implications for Bibliographic Instruction and Systems Design.

Wallace, Patricia M.

RQ, v33 n2 p239-52 Win 1993

Describes a study that electronically monitored 11 public access terminals at the University of Colorado libraries to produce transaction logs that were used to gather statistics and analyze users' behavior when searching online catalogs. Implications for search instruction and systems design are suggested. (Contains 13 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer System Design, Higher Education, Library Catalogs, Library Instruction, Library Research, Online Catalogs, Online Searching, Search Strategies, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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