Search Intermediary Elicitations during Mediated Online Searching.

Spink, Amanda; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ513861

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Search Intermediary Elicitations during Mediated Online Searching.

Spink, Amanda; And Others

Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, v32 p97-102 1995

Describes a study that investigated search intermediaries' requests for information from patrons during mediated online searching in an academic library. Topics of search intermediaries' elicitations include search terms and strategies, database selection, relevance of retrieved items, patrons' knowledge and previous information seeking, and other sources of information available. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Seeking, Information Sources, Online Searching, Prior Learning, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Search Intermediaries, Search Strategies, Subject Index Terms, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Paper presented at the ASIS Annual Meeting (58th, Chicago, IL, October 9-12, 1995).