Document (#31708)

Author

Sinnott, E.

Title

Fewer errors resulting from the users' misconception of the OPAC in 1992 than a decade ago : a comparative study of no direct hits and zero hits in author searches

Source

Cataloging and classification quarterly. 18(1993) no.1, S.75-102

Year

1993

Abstract

Reports a comparative study of OPAC use designed to investigate whether there are fewer zero or no direct hits due to users' misconceptions today than 10 years ago. Data from PEGASUS, Columbia University Law Library's INNOPAC based OPAC on failed searches was compared with that from an earlier study (see Cataloging and classification quarterly 4(1984) no.3, S.1-17) of LUIS, Northwestern University's NOTIS based OPAC. No direct hits resulting from a misconception of the system were found to constitute only half of the no direct hits compared with the corresponding category of the earlier study

Theme

OPAC
Benutzerstudien

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