The Knuckle-Cracker's Dilemma: A Transaction Log Study of OPAC Subject Searching.

Ferl, Terry Ellen; Milsap, Larry

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Publication Date: 1996

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The Knuckle-Cracker's Dilemma: A Transaction Log Study of OPAC Subject Searching.

Ferl, Terry Ellen; Milsap, Larry

Information Technology and Libraries, v15 n2 p81-98 Jun 1996

Researchers studying subject searching distributed an online questionnaire to users who access the University of California's online public access catalog, MELVYL, from public access terminals in the libraries of the University of California at Santa Cruz. This article discusses the results of transaction log analysis, comparison of in-library and remote users, and examples. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Computers, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Library Catalogs, Online Catalogs, Questionnaires, Search Strategies, Subject Index Terms, Use Studies

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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