The Knuckle-Cracker's Dilemma: A Transaction Log Study of OPAC Subject Searching.

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Main Authors:	Ferl, Terry Ellen, Milsap, Larry
Format:	Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	1996
Subjects:	Academic Libraries Access to Computers Comparative Analysis Higher Education Library Catalogs Online Catalogs Questionnaires Search Strategies Subject Index Terms Use Studies
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contents	The Knuckle-Cracker's Dilemma: A Transaction Log Study of OPAC Subject Searching. Ferl, Terry Ellen Milsap, Larry Academic Libraries Access to Computers Comparative Analysis Higher Education Library Catalogs Online Catalogs Questionnaires Search Strategies Subject Index Terms Use Studies Researchers studying subject searching distributed an online questionnaire to users who access the University of California's online public access catalog, MELVYL, from public access terminals in the libraries of the University of California at Santa Cruz. This article discusses the results of transaction log analysis, comparison of in-library and remote users, and examples. (Author/LRW)
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spellingShingle	The Knuckle-Cracker's Dilemma: A Transaction Log Study of OPAC Subject Searching. Ferl, Terry Ellen Milsap, Larry Academic Libraries Access to Computers Comparative Analysis Higher Education Library Catalogs Online Catalogs Questionnaires Search Strategies Subject Index Terms Use Studies The Knuckle-Cracker's Dilemma: A Transaction Log Study of OPAC Subject Searching. Ferl, Terry Ellen Milsap, Larry Academic Libraries Access to Computers Comparative Analysis Higher Education Library Catalogs Online Catalogs Questionnaires Search Strategies Subject Index Terms Use Studies Researchers studying subject searching distributed an online questionnaire to users who access the University of California's online public access catalog, MELVYL, from public access terminals in the libraries of the University of California at Santa Cruz. This article discusses the results of transaction log analysis, comparison of in-library and remote users, and examples. (Author/LRW)
title	The Knuckle-Cracker's Dilemma: A Transaction Log Study of OPAC Subject Searching.
topic	Academic Libraries Access to Computers Comparative Analysis Higher Education Library Catalogs Online Catalogs Questionnaires Search Strategies Subject Index Terms Use Studies
url	https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ530990

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