A longitudinal study of the effects of OPAC screen changes on searching behavior and searcher success

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 515-530

  Blecic, Deborah D ^a   Dorsch, Josephine L ^a   Koenig, Melissa H ^a   Bangalore, Nirmala S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0033229688     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.60.6.515     Document Type: Article

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