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What Makes a Good Online Searcher?

Source Publication
Library Journal
Date Issued
March 15, 1987
Author(s)
Tenopir, Carol  
Permanent URI
https://trace.tennessee.edu/handle/20.500.14382/47683
Abstract

Profiles a good online searcher of databases through observation and intuition. Opinions on traits of a good searcher; Comparison of results of a series of searches by several searchers; Measures used to define good searching; Role of experience of searchers in successful searching; Prediction of online search performance by their scholastic aptitude; Standardized tests of cognitive style, creativity and personality.

Subjects

online databases

electronic informatio...

database searching

personality & cogniti...

experience

SAT

Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Comments

pp. 62-63

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