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Children's information retrieval behavior: A case analysis of an OPAC

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This article reports research that explored children's information retrieval behavior using an online public access catalog (OPAC) in an elementary school library. The study considers the impact of a variety of factors including user characteristics, the school setting, interface usability, and information access features on children's information retrieval success and breakdown. The study reports the overall patterns of children's behavior that influence success and breakdown in information retrieval as well as findings about the intentions, moves, plans, strategies, and search terms of children in grades one through six. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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  • Paul Solomon, 1993. "Children's information retrieval behavior: A case analysis of an OPAC," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 44(5), pages 245-264, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:44:y:1993:i:5:p:245-264
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199306)44:53.0.CO;2-#
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