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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1977
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED148347 |
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- Investigation of the Public Library as a Linking Agent to Major Scientific, Educational, Social, and Environmental Data Bases: Final Evaluation Report. Mick, Colin K. Computer Programs Databases Dial Access Information Systems Information Networks Information Retrieval Library Research Library Role Library Services Online Systems Program Evaluation Public Libraries Reference Services Search Strategies Use Studies This is the final report of the evaluation of the DIALIB project--an investigation of the public library as a linking agent to major scientific, educational, social, and environmental data bases. The report is presented in seven sections and four appendices as follows: Section I provides an introduction to the study and a brief summary of the findings; Section II is a background section which describes the national background against which this study was connected; Section III is a discussion of the third year of the DIALIB project; Section IV compares the three years of the DIALIB project; Section V presents conclusions regarding online searching in the public library; Section VI describes problem areas which any library considering online searching must confront; Section VII discusses three areas in which additional research is needed; Appendix I contains statistical tables describing the DIALIB data; Appendix II is a study on the cost of online bibliographic searching in the DIALIB libraries; Appendix III is a "mini-study" of repeat users of DIALIB services; Appendix IV is another mini-study comparing local vs. network search systems in the DIALIB project. (Author)