A COMPARATIVE TRANSACTION LOG ANALYSIS OF BROWSING AND SEARCH FORMULATION IN ONLINE CATALOGS

被引：5

作者：

HANCOCKBEAULIEU, M

机构：

[1] Centre for Interactive Systems Research, Department of Information Science, City University, London, EC1V 0HB, Northampton Square

来源：

PROGRAM-ELECTRONIC LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 1993年 / 27卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1108/eb047145

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

OLIVE, a transaction logging facility enhanced with online questionnaires, was used to collect data from users of public and academic library catalogues. The comparative analysis of subject searching behaviour focused on the role of browsing subject headings and brief references in search formulation. Opportunities for browsing are greatly constrained by indexing practices. It is suggested that a more integrated approach to pre-coordinate and post-coordinate searching would be more effective. The logging software has been developed for a number of commercial online catalogues including Geac, CLSI and LIBERTAS. The use of a diagnostic and monitoring tool in the evaluation of OPACs is advocated.

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页码：269 / 280

页数：12