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Main Author: Arret, Linda
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1985
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ314177
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author Arret, Linda
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Arret, Linda
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contents Can Online Catalogs Be Too Easy? Arret, Linda Information Retrieval Library Catalogs Library Instruction Man Machine Systems Online Systems Search Strategies This essay suggests that until online public access catalogs can be truly user-friendly by encouraging searchers to learn and control and relearn, making systems too easy is not in the users' or systems' best interests. Experiences at Library of Congress and examples of search strategies and menu systems are noted. (EJS)
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language en
publishDate 1985
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spellingShingle Can Online Catalogs Be Too Easy?
Arret, Linda
Information Retrieval
Library Catalogs
Library Instruction
Man Machine Systems
Online Systems
Search Strategies
Can Online Catalogs Be Too Easy? Arret, Linda Information Retrieval Library Catalogs Library Instruction Man Machine Systems Online Systems Search Strategies This essay suggests that until online public access catalogs can be truly user-friendly by encouraging searchers to learn and control and relearn, making systems too easy is not in the users' or systems' best interests. Experiences at Library of Congress and examples of search strategies and menu systems are noted. (EJS)
title Can Online Catalogs Be Too Easy?
topic Information Retrieval
Library Catalogs
Library Instruction
Man Machine Systems
Online Systems
Search Strategies
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ314177