Offline and Online User Assistance for Online Catalog Searchers.

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Main Author:	Markey, Karen
Format:	Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	1984
Subjects:	Computer Assisted Instruction Interviews Library Catalogs Library Guides Library Instruction Library Services Online Systems Tables (Data) Use Studies
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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by: Baker, Betsy
Published: (1986)

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Published: (1985)

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Published: (1980)

Thus Spake the OPAC User.
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Published: (1983)

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Published: (1987)

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Published: (1991)

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Published: (1986)

Evaluation of PLATO Library Instructional Lessons: Another View.
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Use and Perception of an Academic Library. A Survey at the Australian National University.
by: Wood, Fiona
Published: (1982)

Mediation and the Electronic World.
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Online Catalog Use: Results of Surveys and Focus Group Interviews in Several Libraries. Volume II of Three Volumes. Final Report.
by: Markey, Karen
Published: (1983)

Instructing the Online Catalog User.
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Published: (1986)

Computer-Assisted Instruction: Putting It to the Test.
by: Foster, Jocelyn
Published: (1987)

Use Study of Online Cataloging in a Special Library.
by: Knutson, Gunnar
Published: (1984)

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User Instructions for Online Catalogs in ARL Libraries. Kit 93.
Published: (1983)

Information Resources on Online Public Access Catalogs. A Selected ERIC Bibliography.
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Published: (1986)

Online Catalog Instruction and User Satisfaction at a Medium-Sized Ohio Public Library.
by: Fannin, Mary JoEllen
Published: (1993)

The Process of Subject Searching in the Library Catalog: Subject Access Research Project. Final Report.
by: Markey, Karen
Published: (1983)

Pilot Test of the Online Public Access Catalog Project's User and Nonuser Questionnaires. Final Report.
by: Markey, Karen
Published: (1982)

User Persistence in Displaying Online Catalog Postings: LUIS.
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Published: (1995)

Education for the Online Access Catalog: A Model.
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Published: (1985)

A Comparative Evaluation of the Technical Performance and User Acceptance of Two Prototype Online Catalog Systems.
by: Siegel, Elliot R., et al.
Published: (1984)

Educating Online Catalog Users: The Protocol Assessment of Needs.
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Published: (1985)

Library Workbook. Introducing LUIS (Library User Information Service). Revised.
by: Holt, Joan S.
Published: (1987)

What They Say They Do and What They Do: Assessing Online Catalog Use Instruction through Transaction Monitoring.
by: Nielsen, Brian
Published: (1986)

Some Benefits of the Online Catalog.
by: Getz, Malcolm
Published: (1987)

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