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Overcoming The Black Box Syndrome, Carol Tenopir
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.
Quality In Distribution Channels, Carol Tenopir
Quality In Distribution Channels, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Discusses how quality relates to the information distribution channels of databases, with emphasis on the links between the database content or producer and the users. Choices for access; Assuring quality; Tendencies and prospects; Progress.