Affective and Cognitive Searching Behavior of Novice End-Users of a Full-Text Database.

Nahl, Diane; Tenopir, Carol

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Publication Date: 1996

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Affective and Cognitive Searching Behavior of Novice End-Users of a Full-Text Database.

Nahl, Diane; Tenopir, Carol

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v47 n4 p276-86 Apr 1996

Describes a study that examined novice online searchers in an academic library as they used a full-text magazine article database on DIALOG. Purposes and motivations for using the database are discussed; affective, cognitive, and sensorimotor search behaviors are examined; and satisfaction with the results are considered. (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Full Text Databases, Higher Education, Motivation, Online Searching, Periodicals, Search Strategies, User Satisfaction (Information), Users (Information)

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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