Overcoming the Black Box Syndrome
Source Publication
Library Journal
Date Issued
June 1, 1994
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Abstract
Discusses the `black box' approach favored by developers to make online or CD-ROM search software friendlier. The view that good online searching requires an understanding of how the computer processes information; Questions the searcher should ask; Boolean or statistical searching; How does it treat a blank; What does it search by default; How much should end users know.
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pp. 38, 40
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