There is a widespread concern amongst librarians that Google Search and Wikipedia are making library reference services and even library collections redundant. There is however, little research on the types of subjects that people look up on Google, Wikipedia and library catalogues. This exploratory analysis draws together the results of transaction log analyses of the subjects of Google and library catalogue search queries and the subject of search engine queries that took users to Wikipedia. As well as comparing the subject of search queries, it estimates the extent of use of each information resource. Hence this paper contributes to research on current information-seeking and the role of public libraries in online information prov...
This paper reports on a transaction log analysis of the type and topic of search queries entered int...
Libraries are facing many challenges today. In addition to diminishing funding and increased user ex...
Traditional research tools used by libraries, such as encyclopedias and catalogs were created in an ...
There is a widespread concern amongst librarians that Google Search and Wikipedia are making library...
There is a widespread concern amongst librarians that Google Search and Wikipedia are making library...
Despite widespread use of Internet search engines, the online catalogue is still the main pathway to...
Transaction log analyses are common practice to understand user behavior in both online databases an...
The aim of this thesis was to study librarians approach upon reference questions and available resou...
This study examines what the public search for in the catalogue of the State Library of Victoria (SL...
Objective – To explore how Web-savvy users think about and search an online catalogue. Design – P...
Academic websites provided by academic libraries face challenges to their utility stemming from the ...
The wide spread of the Internet and new information technologies in recent years has come to effec...
Academic websites provided by academic libraries face challenges to their utility stemming from the ...
Part of the book "Aspects of the Digital Library" - http://hdl.handle.net/1956/182
This study presents findings from one-on-one interviews with 21 undergraduate students at a large pu...
This paper reports on a transaction log analysis of the type and topic of search queries entered int...
Libraries are facing many challenges today. In addition to diminishing funding and increased user ex...
Traditional research tools used by libraries, such as encyclopedias and catalogs were created in an ...
There is a widespread concern amongst librarians that Google Search and Wikipedia are making library...
There is a widespread concern amongst librarians that Google Search and Wikipedia are making library...
Despite widespread use of Internet search engines, the online catalogue is still the main pathway to...
Transaction log analyses are common practice to understand user behavior in both online databases an...
The aim of this thesis was to study librarians approach upon reference questions and available resou...
This study examines what the public search for in the catalogue of the State Library of Victoria (SL...
Objective – To explore how Web-savvy users think about and search an online catalogue. Design – P...
Academic websites provided by academic libraries face challenges to their utility stemming from the ...
The wide spread of the Internet and new information technologies in recent years has come to effec...
Academic websites provided by academic libraries face challenges to their utility stemming from the ...
Part of the book "Aspects of the Digital Library" - http://hdl.handle.net/1956/182
This study presents findings from one-on-one interviews with 21 undergraduate students at a large pu...
This paper reports on a transaction log analysis of the type and topic of search queries entered int...
Libraries are facing many challenges today. In addition to diminishing funding and increased user ex...
Traditional research tools used by libraries, such as encyclopedias and catalogs were created in an ...