ERIC as Navigator: Comments from an ERIC Consumer.
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1999
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| author | Levin, Bernard H. |
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| contents | ERIC as Navigator: Comments from an ERIC Consumer. Levin, Bernard H. Access to Information Community Colleges Educational Resources Information Retrieval Online Searching Program Evaluation Search Strategies Two Year Colleges User Needs (Information) World Wide Web This paper evaluates the online services provided by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges, from the perspective of a psychology professor at Blue Ridge Community College in North Carolina. The author praises the ERIC site for its helpful links and virtual library, and also discusses ERIC's potential for a variety of users. He focuses on one of ERIC's primary strengths: its search engine/database. ERIC's search engine offers information on community college curriculum, institutional research, and policy research. In an evaluation of the ERIC system, the author finds its strengths to be: (1) immense size; (2) speed; (3) broad scope; (4) search results ordered by relevance; (5) clarity of search criteria; and (6) common-sense database search functions. Suggested modifications to the ERIC web site include: (1) eliminating the search confirmation screen; (2) modifying the structure of the search engine with increased user choice; (3) providing a way to filter items based on publication date; (4) improving currency; (5) providing for electronic submissions; (6) availability of full-text online retrieval; (7) developing a link to find articles similar to one's topic; (8) adding logical searching across fields; and (9) adding capacity to view multiple records at a time. ERIC is compared favorably with other search sites regarding content and accessibility, despite the fact that it does not yet offer online full-text retrieval. (AS) |
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| spellingShingle | ERIC as Navigator: Comments from an ERIC Consumer. Levin, Bernard H. Access to Information Community Colleges Educational Resources Information Retrieval Online Searching Program Evaluation Search Strategies Two Year Colleges User Needs (Information) World Wide Web ERIC as Navigator: Comments from an ERIC Consumer. Levin, Bernard H. Access to Information Community Colleges Educational Resources Information Retrieval Online Searching Program Evaluation Search Strategies Two Year Colleges User Needs (Information) World Wide Web This paper evaluates the online services provided by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges, from the perspective of a psychology professor at Blue Ridge Community College in North Carolina. The author praises the ERIC site for its helpful links and virtual library, and also discusses ERIC's potential for a variety of users. He focuses on one of ERIC's primary strengths: its search engine/database. ERIC's search engine offers information on community college curriculum, institutional research, and policy research. In an evaluation of the ERIC system, the author finds its strengths to be: (1) immense size; (2) speed; (3) broad scope; (4) search results ordered by relevance; (5) clarity of search criteria; and (6) common-sense database search functions. Suggested modifications to the ERIC web site include: (1) eliminating the search confirmation screen; (2) modifying the structure of the search engine with increased user choice; (3) providing a way to filter items based on publication date; (4) improving currency; (5) providing for electronic submissions; (6) availability of full-text online retrieval; (7) developing a link to find articles similar to one's topic; (8) adding logical searching across fields; and (9) adding capacity to view multiple records at a time. ERIC is compared favorably with other search sites regarding content and accessibility, despite the fact that it does not yet offer online full-text retrieval. (AS) |
| title | ERIC as Navigator: Comments from an ERIC Consumer. |
| topic | Access to Information Community Colleges Educational Resources Information Retrieval Online Searching Program Evaluation Search Strategies Two Year Colleges User Needs (Information) World Wide Web |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED428792 |