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Main Author: Seaman, Scott
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1992
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ443346
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  • Online Catalog Failure as Reflected through Interlibrary Loan Error Requests. Seaman, Scott Academic Libraries Bibliographic Records Error Patterns Higher Education Hypothesis Testing Interlibrary Loans Library Catalogs Library Instruction Literature Reviews Online Catalogs Search Strategies Users (Information) Describes a study conducted at Ohio State University that used data obtained from the interlibrary loan process to determine why some users failed to find existing entries in the online library catalog. User errors as opposed to catalog errors are examined, and implications for bibliographic instruction are suggested. (eight references) (LRW)