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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2009
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ866967 |
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Table of Contents:
- Navigating the MLA Bibliography: Performance across Vendor Platforms Soules, Aline Golomb, Liorah Online Vendors Navigation (Information Systems) Online Searching Search Strategies Access to Information User Satisfaction (Information) Library Research Bibliographic Databases Online Catalogs Electronic Libraries Computer Software Evaluation Comparative Analysis In this article, the authors compared the MLA International Bibliography database (MLAIB) across five vendor platforms to determine how and why seemingly comparable searches produced varying results. A number of tests were conducted using a variety of fields, terms, and parameters, and examples of results are provided. The authors' findings are designed to illustrate the impact of these differences on users, from undergraduates to faculty researchers, whether they work individually or collaboratively and regardless of the platform to which their institution subscribes. (Contains 8 figures and 8 tables.)