The Cost of On-Line Bibliographic Searching. Technical Report 003-75-01 [electronic resource] / Michael D. Cooper and Nancy A. DeWath.

A cost analysis was made of on-line bibliographic searching in four public libraries in the San Francisco Bay Area using the Lockheed DIALOG system. The study involved monitoring the time that 35 individuals in the libraries spent processing some 411 search requests. The study identified a set of se...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Cooper, Michael D.
Corporate Author:	Applied Communication Research
Other Authors:	Van House, Nancy A.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1975.
Subjects:	Computers. Cost Effectiveness. Databases. Experimental Programs. Information Retrieval. Library Services. Online Systems. Public Libraries. Reference Services.