Document (#2663)

Author

Spragg, E.B.

Title

CD-ROM software evaluation : comparison of searching ERIC on IBM and Macintosh

Source

College and research libraries. 53(1992) no.4, S.342-351

Year

1992

Abstract

In 1989, the Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell University, New York, conducted a comparative study of user competence, behavoiur, and preference in the application of text and graphics search-and-retrieval software. SilverPlatter Information Inc. IBM PC and Apple Macintosh programs (PC SPIRS and MacSPIRS respectively) were evaluated. Librarians observed 40 students who searched the ERIC data bases. The reactions of theses student subjects were collected in written questionnaires. Suggests the limitations of the current state of the art in the application of graphical use interface principles to bibliographic search-and-retrieval software

Object

ERIC
SPIRS

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