Interdisciplinary Work and the Information Search Process: A Comparison of Manual and Online Searching

• Published in: College & research libraries Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 344 - 353
• Main Authors: Bartolo, Laura M., Smith, Timothy D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL American Library Association 01.07.1993; Association of College and Research Libraries
• Subjects: Academic Libraries; Comparative Analysis; Exact sciences and technology; Higher Education; Information and communication sciences; Information processing and retrieval; Information Retrieval; Information retrieval. Man machine relationship; Information science. Documentation; Interdisciplinary Approach; Interdisciplinary subjects; Kuhlthau Model; Library Role; Manual systems; Online information retrieval; Online Searching; Printed Materials; Relevance (Information Retrieval); Research process. Evaluation; Sciences and techniques of general use; Search Strategies; Searching; Tables (Data); User Satisfaction (Information); Users (Information); Search strategy; Manual processing; Satisfaction; On line processing; Information retrieval; Library; Interdisciplinary field; Comparative study; User need
• ISSN: 0010-0870; 2150-6701
• DOI: 10.5860/crl_54_04_344

Compares the impact of manual and online search methods on the interdisciplinary search task in terms of relevance of retrieved items, user effort, user satisfaction, user confidence, and future use. The study, using the Kuhlthau model, focused on journalism classes researching judicial decisions relating to mass media. (31 references) (Author/KRN)