Improving subject retrieval: user-friendly interfaces and effectiveness

During the past decade our society has experienced a revolutionary increase in the extent to which the general public has access to electronic resources. This phenomenon has been characterised by: International trends leading to unification. Increased availability of personal computers at home in al...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Espelt, Constança
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1998
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/16854
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/16854
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Recursos electrònics
Recuperació de la informació
Bases de dades en línia
Cerca documental en línia
Electronic information resources
Information retrieval
Online databases
Online bibliographic searching
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Sumario:During the past decade our society has experienced a revolutionary increase in the extent to which the general public has access to electronic resources. This phenomenon has been characterised by: International trends leading to unification. Increased availability of personal computers at home in all developed countries. Wide-spread use of electronic media in our daily life, and not just in the work environment: cash dispensers, cinema and theatre tickets, computer games, electronic mail, ... Diversity of multimedia products: encyclopaedia and dictionaries, cook books, children's books, etc. Specific environments dominate the market: WWW browsers, notably Netscape and Microsoft Explorer, have effectively become standard interfaces...