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User Characteristics of Keyword Searching in An OPAC (Research Note)

Author(s) -

Pat Ensor

Publication year - 1992

Publication title -

college and research libraries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.886

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 2150-6701

pISSN - 0010-0870

DOI - 10.5860/crl_53_01_72

Subject(s) - keyword search , computer science , context (archaeology) , world wide web , information retrieval , library catalog , academic library , public access , digital library , library science , art , paleontology , literature , poetry , biology

Keyword and Boolean searching modes are now becoming more commonly available on online public access catalogs (OPACs), and questions have arisen regarding their use by library patrons. Which patrons use keyword searching, and which do not? This study attempts to begin providing answers to this question in the context of an academic library that uses the Northwestern Online Total Integrated System (NOTIS) online catalog

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