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  1. Matthews, J.R.; Lawrence, G.S.; Ferguson, D.K.: Using online catalogs : a nationwide survey, a report of a study sponsored by the Council on Library Resources (1983) 0.04
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    Classification
    AN 73400 Allgemeines / Buch- und Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaft / Bibliothekswesen / Datenverarbeitung / Einsatz in der Katalogisierung
    RVK
    AN 73400 Allgemeines / Buch- und Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaft / Bibliothekswesen / Datenverarbeitung / Einsatz in der Katalogisierung
  2. Carlyle, A.: Matching LSCH and user vocabulary in the library catalog (1989) 0.00
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    Footnote
    Eine interessante Studie, die auf die Anwendung der RSWK übertragen werden könnte.
    Source
    Subject control in online catalogs. Ed.: R.P. Holley
  3. Kaske, N.K.: ¬A comparative study of subject searching in an OPAC among branch libraries of a university library system (1988) 0.00
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    Abstract
    The degree of variability in the percentage of subject searching in an online public access catalog (OPAC) among branch libraries of one university was studied. A full semester's worth of transactions was analyzed, not sampled. The time units used were hour of the day, day of the week, and week of the semester. The findings show that subject searching varies from a low of 22% to a high of 74% over the hours of a day. Variability for the days of the week ranged from 17% to 64%, and for the weeks of the semester variability ranged from 12% to 70%. Valuable management information on the utilization of the OPAC within each brach library and among all the branch libraries is provided through numerous charts and graphs.
  4. Blackshaw, L.; Fischhoff, B.: Decision making in online searching (1988) 0.00
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    Abstract
    A set of methods and results is offered for characterizing how people make decisions in the course of using computerized databases. In general, their performance resembles that revealed in studies of decision making in other contexts. In particular, people are only moderately sensitive to the likelihood of their succeeding, being overconfident for all but the easiest of tasks. These results are discussed in the context of previous research in information science and decision science, and with regard to their implications for the design of databases and the adaptation of users to them
  5. Klugman, S.: Failures in subject retrieval (1989) 0.00
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    Source
    Subject control in online catalogs. Ed.: R.P. Holley
  6. Gouke, M.N.; Pease, S.: Title searches in an online catalog and a card catalog : a comparative study of patron success in two libraries (1982) 0.00
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  7. Packer, K.H.; Michaud, J.M.: ¬The use and users of COM catalogues at the University of Toronto and the Mississauga Library System (1983) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Three studies were made of the use of COM catalogues at the University of Toronto and the Mississauga Library System: unobtrusive observations, structured interviews, and a timed-search experiment in reel, fiche and card catalogues. The reel catalogue was found to be the overwhelming favourite, almost as popular in the public library as in the academic library, where 82% of the users reported it to be their preferred form of catalogue. However, for nearly all test questions and searcher types in the timed-search experiment, successful searches required less time in the card catalogue than in either form of the COM catalogues.
  8. Kuhlthau, C.C.: Longitudinal case studies of the information search process of users in libraries (1988) 0.00
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    Abstract
    In depth case study of six students from high school through college
  9. Lewis, D.W.: Research on the use of online catalogs and its implications for library practice (1987) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Research on the use of online catalogs has challenged many assumptions about the behavior of library users. It has demonstrated that many of the patterns of behavior observed in the use of card catalogs were adaptions to the card technology; often behavioral patterns are different in an online environment. These studies have indicated that patrons prefer online catalogs and use them more, but they also show inadequacies in bibliographic practice, especially in the area of subject access.
  10. Senzig, D.: Library catalogs for library users (1984) 0.00
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    Abstract
    As librarians evaluate the capabilities of online catalogs they will need to consider what information users expect to find in the catalog and what characteristics of the catalog will help users in their search for this information. The findings of studies concerning how library users actually use card catalogs and online catalogs, and their successes and failures in that use, can be used to determine the capabilities that are needed in anonline catalog to satisfy the bibliographic requests of library users
  11. Markey, K.: Online catalog use : results of surveys and focus group interviews in several libraries (1983) 0.00
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  12. Markey, K.: Subject searching in library catalogs : Before and after the introduction of online catalogs (1984) 0.00
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  13. Pulis, N.V.; Ludy, L.E.: Subject searching in an online catalog with authority control (1988) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Results of previous catalog research indicate that users want improvements in subject searching features, noting display of terms related to their topics as especially desirable. This study reports the findings of an examination of subject searchers' use of such a feature provided through online display of authority information from Library of Congress Subject Headings for terms used in the catalog. It was found that, of the terms entered by users, 78 percent were an exact or close match to catalog terms, and another 14 percent matched "see" references. Although additional information was available for nearly half of the searches performed, it was used in only 28 percent of these cases. It is suggested that improvements in subject searching features are needed to encourage use of available syndetic structures
  14. Norden, D.J.; Lawrence, G.H.: Public terminal use in an online catalog : some preliminary results (1981) 0.00
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    Abstract
    The authors have studied the transaction counts from two and one-half years activity at the public use terminals of the Ohio State University Libraries' prototype online card catalog to determine what search options academic library patrons use the most often and whether this pattern varies from that reported in major catalog use studies. The preliminary findings indicate significant differences in search strategy that may result from a unique user group that prefers to search the online catalog, more useful searches in the online system, or special search patterns imposed by the computer hardware itself. Both the different searches used by patrons and why they choose them should be important factors in the design of future online catalogs
  15. Dickson, J.: ¬An analysis of user errors in searching an online catalog (1984) 0.00
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    Abstract
    The study extracts a sample of zero-hit author and title searches from the transaction log of Northwestern University Library's online catalog. It analyzes why the searches failed, in an effort to understand the users' conceptual model of the online catalog.
  16. Broadbent, E.: ¬A study of humanities faculty library information seeking behavior (1986) 0.00
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    Abstract
    The purpose of this study is to obtain information which would help planners of the online catalog design a catalog which would be relevant to the needs of university faculty. Data was obtained by means of a questionnaire mailed to the faculty, College of Humanities, University of Utah. It was found that (1) references in books or articles they read; (2) the Subject Catalog; and (3) printed indexes, bibliographies and research guides in that order were the three most utilized information sources. Browsing was an important fourth. The faculty would like more in-depth coverage of the local library collection rather than access to other library catalogs or online databases from the catalog terminal. Feedback and comments in response to an open-ended question varied.
  17. Kleiner, J.P.: End-user searching in the electronic enviroment : a user-evaluation of InfroTrac and Government Publications Index (1989) 0.00
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    Source
    Databases in the humanities and social sciences 4. Proceeding of the International Conference on Databases in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Auburn Universitiy, Montgomery, Alabama July 1987
  18. Borgman, C.L.: Why are online catalogs hard to use? : lessons learned from information-retrieval studies (1986) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Research in user behavior on online catalogs is in its early stages, but preliminary findings suggest that users encounter many of the same problems identified in behavioral studies of other types of bibliographic retrieval systems. Much can be learned from comparing the results of user behavior studies on these two types of systems. Research on user problems with both the mechanical aspects and the conceptual aspects of system use is reviewed, with the conclusion that more similiratiy exists across types of systems in conceptual than in mechanical problems. Also discussed are potential sources of the problems, due either to individual characteristics or to system variables. A series of research questions is proposed and a number of potential interim solutions ae suggested for alleviating some of the problems encountered by users of information systems
  19. Saracevic, T.; Kantor, P.; Chamis, A.Y.: ¬A study of information seeking and retrieving : pt.1: Background and methodology (1988) 0.00
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    Abstract
    The objectives of the study were to conduct a series of observations and experiments under as real-life a situation as possible related to: (i) user context of questions in information retrieval; (ii) the structure and classification of questions; (iii) cognitive traits and decision making of searchers; and (iv) different searches of the same question. The study is presented in three parts: part 1 presents the background of the study and describes the models, measures, methods, procedures and statistical analyses used. Pt.2 is devoted to results related to users, questions, and effectiveness measures, and pt.3 to results related to searchers, searches, and overlap studies. A concluding summary of all results is presented in pt.3
    Footnote
    Wiederabgedruckt in: Readings in information retrieval. Ed.: K. Sparck Jones u. P. Willett. Sam Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann 1997. S.175-190.
  20. Sage, C.; Klaas, J.; Spalding, H.H.; Robinson, T.: ¬A queueing study of public catalog use (1981) 0.00
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    Abstract
    The authors conducted a six-week queueing study of public catalogs in the Iowa State University library system. Data gathered are analyzed primarily to determine if routinely gathered library statistics can validly be used to predict catalog usage, to discover the ratio between the usage of the card catalog and the serials catalog, and to pinpoint the time of peak card catalog usage in order to measure more closely the rate of use. This measurement, then, provides one factor in a simulation model that can be constructed to predict accurately the number of devices needed for an alternative catalog format