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The Impact of Web Search Engines on Subject Searching in OPAC.
- Source :
- Information Technology & Libraries; Dec2004, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p168-180, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- This Paper Analyzes The Results Of Transaction Logs At California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) And Studies The Effects Of Implementing A Web-Based OPAC Along With Interface Changes. The Authors Find That User Success In Subject Searching Remains Problematic. A Major Increase In The Frequency Of Searches That Would Have Been More Successful In Resources Other Than The Library Catalog Is Noted Over The Time Period 2000-2002. The Authors Attribute This Increase To The Prevalence Of Web Search Engines And Suggest That Metasearching, Relevance-Ranked Results, And Relevance Feedback ("More Like This") Are Now Expected In User Searching And Should Be Integrated Into Online Catalogs As Search Options. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07309295
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Information Technology & Libraries
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16072026