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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1992
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ454830 |
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- Making a Library Catalog Adaptive. Buckland, Michael K. And Others Academic Libraries Bibliographic Databases Computer System Design Higher Education Library Catalogs Man Machine Systems Online Catalogs Online Searching Online Systems Problems Relevance (Information Retrieval) Search Strategies Users (Information) Describes the design of a prototype adaptive online catalog that was implemented as a transparent workstation-based front end system to MELVYL, the online catalog for the University of California libraries. Problems with searching bibliographic retrieval systems are reviewed, including irrelevant retrievals and the inexperience of most users. (nine references) (LRW)