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Priorities Of Quality, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

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The Emotions Of Searching, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses research by the author and Diane Nahl (University of Hawaii) on how novice end users interact with CD-ROM, online public access catalogs (OPAC) and online systems. Measuring affective responses; Affective questions; How the librarian provides reassurance through answering the questions; Additional reading.

Overcoming The Black Box Syndrome, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses the `black box' approach favored by developers to make online or CD-ROM search software friendlier. The view that good online searching requires an understanding of how the computer processes information; Questions the searcher should ask; Boolean or statistical searching; How does it treat a blank; What does it search by default; How much should end users know.

Standardization Across Databases, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Online data bases provide some facilities for multifile searching, but more standardization among separate data bases is necessary. Options for standardizing fields are discussed, and standardization efforts by Dialog and other data base distributors are reviewed.

Ethics For Online Educators, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses ethical concerns with database instruction, including compliance with system contract provisions, product/service selection, instructor competence with different systems, and instructor obligations to instill a sense of ethical practices in students.

Article Delivery Solutions, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

This article discusses solutions to the problems of libraries that offer online or CD-ROM searching of bibliographic databases. One perennial problem facing libraries that offer online or CD-ROM searching of bibliographic databases is helping patrons get copies of the documents they identify in a search. Although the problem exists even with printed indexes, database searching makes it easier to locate more items in a wider variety of sources. Patrons with long printouts of articles in sometimes obscure journals are common in libraries, especially as libraries provide CD-ROM indexes for self-service searching. Some libraries report an increase in the use of …

Value-Added Searching, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

This article discusses the importance of adding value to information products and services for library database searching. It describes something added by human intellectual effort to the basic bibliographic or textual information found in the records. Database searchers can use the value-added information to refine or improve their search. A type of value that is added to database searching is editing and analyzing what the searchers do with the search results before presenting it to the user. The positive points are obvious for professional searchers, but value-added information present trade-offs to the database producer and to the searcher. Most of …

Searching For Books Online, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Online search services that allow reference librarians to search for a comprehensive list of books on a topic are discussed. OCLC's new EPIC service and the advantages it has to offer are discussed.

Database Searching On A Budget, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

There are many low-cost alternatives for libraries that do not have the resources for database searching. One alternative is for the library to use the so-called after hours services that offer lower hourly rates.

Database Design And Management, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Librarians have used online bibliographic database searching for well over a decade. Good searchers are familiar with the content and characteristics of individual databases (such as ERIC or Chemical Abstracts) and with the online system (e.g., DIALOG or BRS) and the commands that are needed to search each database. Searchers must also have an understanding of how databases are created and structured, how they are processed by the online system's computer to enable searching, and what actually happens when a database is searched. This chapter focuses on these issues. Chapter 6 discusses specific databases and systems.

Other Ways To Access Dialog, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Focuses on various ways librarians can access DIALOG databases from Knowledge Index (KI). Aim to expand market for the KI products; Business and Medical Connections; DIALOGLINK Communications Manager; Gateway services; On-Disc MEDLINE and On-Disc NTIS; Instructional videotape 'Introduction to Searching DIALOG.'

What Makes A Good Online Searcher?, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Profiles a good online searcher of databases through observation and intuition. Opinions on traits of a good searcher; Comparison of results of a series of searches by several searchers; Measures used to define good searching; Role of experience of searchers in successful searching; Prediction of online search performance by their scholastic aptitude; Standardized tests of cognitive style, creativity and personality.

Online Education: Planning For The Future, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses the future of library school education, particularly with regards to online searching and databases.

Database Subsets, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Recommends locally held databases to librarians who want to allow patrons to conduct database searches themselves, but are hesitant to commit the time and resources necessary for direct end user access to online systems. Characteristics of database subsets; Different kinds of database subsets available; Benefits of database subsets for librarians and publishers; Drawbacks of using database subsets.

Online Searching With A Microcomputer: Downloading Issues, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Downloading the results from online searching onto a microcomputer disk is one of the major benefits of online database searching using a microcomputer. Surveys show that downloaded citations are being used in a variety of ways including: editing and merging citations from several searches creating inhouse databases, or preparing edited results for resale.

Although it has not been tested in court these uses may violate copyright law under the compilation, derivative works, or original work provisions. In addition, many database producers include prohibitions against downloading in the terms and conditions of your contract with the database vendor. Other publishers have …

Searching Harvard Business Review Online... Lessons In Searching A Full Text Database, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

HBRO was one of the first journals available online in full text on BRS and DIALOG search services. HBRO came online on BRS in the summer of 1982 and on DIALOG in the summer of 1983. John Wiley & Sons, Electronic Publishing Division, distributes HBRO, but the contents of the database mirror the printed journal and are wholly the responsibility of the Harvard Business Review staff at the Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University.

A full text journal on systems that were designed originally for bibliographic citation retrieval offers some interesting problems for the searcher. As of fall 1984 …

An In-House Training Program For Online Searchers, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

At the University of Hawaii, Manoa we have developed a series of courses to provide a complete training program for our present and potential online searchers as well as introductory sessions for all interested library staff members. Because of our relative isolation, lack of travel funds, and desire for a consistent continuing education program, training for all of our staff is an important inhouse function. A series of formal classes, together with additional practice for searchers, ensures an informed staff and skillful searchers. This article will outline the courses we have developed and discuss our ongoing plans.