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  1. Drabenstott, K.M.; Weller, M.S.: Failure analysis of subject searches in a test of a new design for subject access to online catalogs (1996) 0.01
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    Abstract
    This article describes the findings of a research project that tested a new subject-access design in an experimental online catalog that had a wide range of subject-searching capabilities and search trees to govern the system's selection of searching capabilities in response to user queries. Library users at 2 academic libraries searched this experimental catalog for topics of their own choosing, judges the usefulness of retrieved titles, and answered post-search questions about their searching experiences. Mixed results from a quantitative analysis (i.e., precision scores) were supplemented with the more conclusive results from a qualitative analysis (i.e., failure analysis). Overall, analyses demonstrated that the new subject-access design that featured search trees was more effective in selecting a subject-searching approach that would prooduce useful information for the subjects users seek than users would select on their own. The qualitative analysis was especially helpful in providing recommendations for improving specific subject-searching approaches to increase their effenciency, increase user perseverance, and encourage browsing. It also suggested enhancements to the new subject-searching design to enable systems to respond to the wide variety of user queries for subjects
    Source
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 47(1996) no.7, S.519-537
  2. Drabenstott, K.M.; Weller, M.S.: ¬The exact-display approach for online catalog subject searching (1996) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Introducess a new approach to display retrieved subject headings in subject searching designed to encourage users to browse bibliographic information. Emphasizes the importance of the exact display approach by showing how many user queries could be candidates for this approach, demonstrates an implementation of the exact-display approach in an experimental online catalogue. End user experiences gives opportunities to make recommendations for enhancing the original design of the exact display approach so that future implementations of this approach in operational online catalogues are responsive to the needs of online catalogue users
    Source
    Information processing and management. 32(1996) no.6, S.719-745
    Theme
    Verbale Doksprachen im Online-Retrieval
  3. Drabenstott, K.M.; Weller, M.S.: Improving personal-name searching in online catalogs (1996) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Reports results of a study to examine the performance of online catalogue searches involving personal names and to recommend improvements to the basic system approach to soliciting user queries and searching for them. The research questions addressed in the study wre: how online systems can chose searching approaches on their own that are likely to produce useful retrieval; how online systems solicit queries from users; and how users respond to an experimental online catalogue that prompts them for the different elements of their personal name queries. Improvements include: the implementation of a new design for online catalogue searching that features search trees; new methods for soliciting user queries bearing personal names; and enlisting the participation of online catalogue users in the evaluation of system prompts, instructions, and messages that request input from them
    Source
    Information technology and libraries. 15(1996) no.3, S.135-155
  4. Drabenstott, K.M.; Weller, M.S.: Testing a new design for subject searching in online catalogs (1994) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Library users continue to experience difficulty in using the online catalog, particularly in the area of subject access. This project describes a test of a new design for subject access to online catalogs. The new design requires a wide range of subject searching capabilities and search trees to govern the system's selection of searching capabilities in response to user queries. Is the performance of search trees superior to subject searching approaches chosen at random? This project is geared to make that determination
  5. Drabenstott, K.M.; Weller, M.S.: Testing a new design for subject access to online catalogs (1995) 0.00
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    Ann Arbor, Mich : School of Information and Library Studies, University of Michigan