Technology (ARIST) and, not surprisingly, it reflects a third perspective. Five years ago, Fox
and Urs (2002) reported on the literature of the digital library largely as an engineering …

Advances in the publishing world have emerged new models of digital library development.
Open access publishing modes are expanding their presence and realize the digital library …

This is the first part of a two‐part article that reviews 25 years of published research findings
on end‐user searching in online information retrieval (IR) systems. In Part 1 (Markey, 2007) …

A transaction log analysis of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) OPAC was
conducted to identify query and search failure patterns with the goal of identifying areas of …

This study investigated whether and how different factors in relation to task, user-perceived
knowledge, search process, and system affect users' search tactic selection. Thirty-one …

It is a critical issue to design information retrieval (IR) systems to effectively support users in
their information searching. Users are naturally drawn to systems whose features make their …

Vorzeichen der „Openness “Teil einer zunehmend bedeutsamen globalen Entwicklung mit
strukturellen Folgen für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Bildung. Dabei bedingen die …

The authors report the findings of a study that analyzes and compares the query logs of
PsycINFO for psychology and the two history databases of ABC‐Clio: Historical Abstracts …

The electronic information environment facilitates enhancement of the speed of service,
number of users served, and the quantity and exhaustiveness of information provided. The …

This study evaluated two different types of online information retrieval (IR) systems: online
databases and Web search engines, in terms of user generated criteria. It also compares …