School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Source Publication (e.g., journal title)

Library Journal

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2000

Abstract

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE around the world consider themselves to be good online searchers, and probably hundreds of thousands of them rate themselves as experts. College librarians and professors notice that a growing number of undergraduates and graduate students feel confident in their online abilities. Everyone who works in a library knows at least the library's online catalog system and probably many other online, CD-ROM, and web search systems. If everyone is above average, as in Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon, what makes an online searcher stand out?

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pp. 36, 38

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