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To Err is Human: Seven Common Searching Mistakes

Source Publication
Library Journal
Date Issued
April 1, 1984
Author(s)
Tenopir, Carol  
Permanent URI
https://trace.tennessee.edu/handle/20.500.14382/47650
Abstract

Discusses the seven common errors committed by beginner searchers during online searching of bibliographic systems. Problem of logical errors among searchers; Confusion regarding requirement of space; Inexperience among searchers about strategy used in two different databases; Suggestions proposed to overcome the common searching mistakes.

Subjects

online databases

Technical Services

Information Storage a...

Information Work

Subject Indexing

Online Information Re...

Computerised Informat...

Searching

Computerized Informat...

Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Comments

pp. 635‑636. Reprinted in Training and Education for Online, edited by Angela Haygarth

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