Empty Handed? A Material Availability Study and Transaction Log Analysis Verification.

Ciliberti, Anne; Radford, Marie L.; Radford, Gary P.; Ballard, Terry

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ERIC Number: EJ577839

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Publication Date: 1998

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Empty Handed? A Material Availability Study and Transaction Log Analysis Verification.

Ciliberti, Anne; Radford, Marie L.; Radford, Gary P.; Ballard, Terry

Journal of Academic Librarianship, v24 n4 p282-89 Jul 1998

Reports results of a material-availability study in which library users were surveyed to determine their success in obtaining materials. Both OPAC users and CD-ROM journal-index users were studied and transaction logs verified their self reports. Recommendations for reducing search failures are discussed. (Author)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Sources, Library Catalogs, Library Materials, Online Catalogs, Online Searching, Optical Data Disks, Search Strategies, User Needs (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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