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1991
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| author | Peters, Thomas A. Kurth, Martin |
| author_facet | Peters, Thomas A. Kurth, Martin Peters, Thomas A. Kurth, Martin |
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| contents | Controlled and Uncontrolled Vocabulary Subject Searching in an Academic Library Online Catalog. Peters, Thomas A. Kurth, Martin College Libraries Computer System Design Higher Education Hypothesis Testing Library Instruction Library Research Online Catalogs Search Strategies Subject Index Terms Tables (Data) Thesauri Use Studies Describes an analysis of transaction logs of the online catalog at the University of Missouri-Kansas City that examined patron use of both controlled and uncontrolled vocabulary subject access during the same search session. Hypotheses tested are discussed, and recommendations are made for library instruction and online catalog design. (six references) (LRW) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| id | eric_EJ433277 |
| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 1991 |
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| spellingShingle | Controlled and Uncontrolled Vocabulary Subject Searching in an Academic Library Online Catalog. Peters, Thomas A. Kurth, Martin College Libraries Computer System Design Higher Education Hypothesis Testing Library Instruction Library Research Online Catalogs Search Strategies Subject Index Terms Tables (Data) Thesauri Use Studies Controlled and Uncontrolled Vocabulary Subject Searching in an Academic Library Online Catalog. Peters, Thomas A. Kurth, Martin College Libraries Computer System Design Higher Education Hypothesis Testing Library Instruction Library Research Online Catalogs Search Strategies Subject Index Terms Tables (Data) Thesauri Use Studies Describes an analysis of transaction logs of the online catalog at the University of Missouri-Kansas City that examined patron use of both controlled and uncontrolled vocabulary subject access during the same search session. Hypotheses tested are discussed, and recommendations are made for library instruction and online catalog design. (six references) (LRW) |
| title | Controlled and Uncontrolled Vocabulary Subject Searching in an Academic Library Online Catalog. |
| topic | College Libraries Computer System Design Higher Education Hypothesis Testing Library Instruction Library Research Online Catalogs Search Strategies Subject Index Terms Tables (Data) Thesauri Use Studies |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ433277 |