DATABASE SEARCHING: TECHNIQUES : DATABASES : LIBRARIES: LIBRARIANS : DATABASE SEARCHING: END USER SEARCHING: A Selected Collection of Sources Discussing End User Searching and Mediated Professional Searching Comparatively and in a Training Context Searching search engines like Google on the one hand and the searching of databases like the education database from the government called ERIC or the medical database provided by the U. S. Government called MEDLINE or PubMed and other commercially available databases made available through public and academic libraries on the other hand are vastly different tasks and demand substantially different skills. Below is a list of articles and other documents that discuss comparisons or end user searching or amateur searching in databases with that of trained professionals like information science professionals and librarians. Here is a sample list of databases from Temple University to put in perspective the kinds of tools this group of articles is considering. All Research Databases <http://library.temple.edu/articles/all/index.jsp?bhcp=1> This is a group of articles that considers various issues and relationships about amateur and professional database searchers. This has been an issue since the compact disk databases became available and even before when searching was done via a telephone link to the database provider through a modem on primative computers by today's standards or a decwriter or the like. Therefore sources as far back as the Eighties have been included in this selection of citations. ================================================= Librarians Provide More Health Information Than Internet Searches Main Category: IT / Internet / E-mail News Article Date: 22 May 2006 - 3:00am (PDT) Medical News Today <http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=43782> Marketing Searchers in the Shifting Sands of Search. Abram, Stephen Information Outlook November 2002 v. 6 no. 11 p. 44 'But what do the users think?': an 'intuitive interface' under scrutiny Bale, Julia1 Online Currents May 2000 v. 15 no. 4 p. 7-9 Genesis of an electronic database expert system Reference Services Review 2000 v. 28 no. 3 p. 207 Envisioning the Web: user expectations about the cyber-experience Scull, Craig Milewski, Allen Millen, David Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science October 31, 1999 v. 62 p. 17-24 Conference Paper Language barriers and bibliographic retrieval effectiveness: use of MEDLINE by French-speaking end users Mouillet, Evelyne1 Bulletin of the Medical Library Association October 1, 1999 v. 87 no. 4 p. 451-455 Creating user-centered instructions for novice end-users Nahl, Diane Reference Services Review 1999 v. 27 no. 3 p. 280 >From super searchers to dummies: the online research environment continues to evolve Basch, Reva Proceedings of the Internet Librarian Conference 1998 v. 1998 p. 25-28 The impact of an individual tutorial session on MEDLINE use among obstetrics and gynaecology residents in an academic training programme: a randomized trial. Erickson S; Warner ER Author's Address: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. Medical Education 1998 May v. 32 (3) p. 269-273 Clinical problem solving by computer. Klemenz B; McSherry D; Grundke V Journal Of The Royal College Of Physicians Of London 1997 January / February v. 31 (1) p. 32-36 Library users: how they adapt to changing roles Miido, H1 Proceedings of the 20th International Online Information Meeting 1996 p. 21-28 Constructing Effective Search Strategies for Electronic Searching. Flanagan, Lynn; Parente, Sharon Campbell 1996 Descriptors: *Bibliographic Databases; *Information Retrieval; *Online Searching; *Search Strategies; Access to Information; Computer Uses in Education; Efficiency; Electronic Text; Information Needs; Information Services; Library Automation; Library Catalogs; Online Catalogs; Optical Data Disks; Problem Solving; Relevance (Information Retrieval); User Needs (Information); Users (Information) Identifiers: *Online Search Skills; *User Training ERIC Number: ED400809 <http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2/ content_storage_01/0000000b/80/23/2b/2a.pdf> A shorter URL for the above link: <http://snipurl.com/rtcr> Library Users: How They Adapt to Changing Roles. Miido, Helis 1996 Descriptors: *Information Technology; *Librarians; *Library Automation; *Library Technical Processes; *User Satisfaction (Information); *Users (Information); Administrators; Automation; Computer Software; Foreign Countries; Hypermedia; Information Retrieval; Integrated Library Systems; Library Administration; Library Development; Medical Libraries; Multimedia Materials; Online Catalogs; Online Searching; Role; Special Libraries Identifiers: France; Technology Implementation ERIC Number: ED411808 <http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2/ content_storage_01/0000000b/80/22/65/73.pdf> A shorter URL for the above link: <http://snipurl.com/rtcu> Web Search Engines: Key To Locating Information for All Users or Only the Cognoscenti? Tomaiuolo, Nicholas G.; Packer, Joan G. 1996 Descriptors: *Information Retrieval; *Library Instruction; *Online Searching; *Search Strategies; *Users (Information); *World Wide Web; Academic Libraries; Access to Information; Computer Software Evaluation; Higher Education; Information Dissemination; Information Seeking; Information Skills; Librarians; Natural Language Processing; Online Systems; Optical Data Disks; User Needs (Information) Identifiers: Search Engines ERIC Number: ED411811 <http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2/ content_storage_01/0000000b/80/22/65/c4.pdf> A shorter URL for the above link: <http://snipurl.com/rtd1> End-Users, Mediated Searches, and Front-End Assistance Programs on Dialog: A Comparison of Learning, Performance, and Satisfaction. Sullivan, Michael V.; And Others Journal of the American Society for Information Science v. 41 no. 1 p. 27-42 January 1990 End-user training: does it make a difference? Marshall JG Medical Reference Services Quarterly 1989 Fall v. 8 (3) p. 15-26 Making the rough places plain: designing MEDLINE end user training. Snow B Medical Reference Services Quarterly 1984 Winter v. 3 (4) p. 1-11. [This appears to be an article the reader could Handel] End-User Searching of Online Databases: A Selective Annotated Bibliography. Lyon, Sally Library Hi Tech v. 2 no. 2 p. 47-50 1984 [An annotated bibliography on this topic published in 1984, clearly a topic that did not come up a week or two ago.] ERIC Identifier: ED278416 Publication Date: 1986-12-00 Author: Machovec, George S. Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources Syracuse NY. Administrative Issues in Planning a Library End User Searching Program. ERIC Digest. <http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-925/library.htm> Proc. Int. Conf. on Dublin Core and Metadata for e-Communities 2002: 207-211 Firenze University Press Enhancing end user searching of HealthInsite Prue Deacon HealthInsite Editorial Team Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.bncf.net/dc2002/program/ft/poster6.pdf> Abstract [Excerpt] HealthInsite is the Australian federal governments Internet gateway to quality health information. The site was an early adopter of Dublin Core and makes extensive use of metadata in its navigation structure. HealthInsite has two search options utilising the Verity search engine: a simple text search and a metadata search. A third search option is the thesaurus search which is most likely to be used by information specialists. Additional functionality is being considered to improve subject searching for end users. This paper defines the research needed as background to developing the system specifications. The need to consider the whole information retrieval process is emphasised, and a clear role for metadata specialists identified. Keywords: Dublin Core, end user searching, HealthInsite, metadata, search engines, subjects, subject element, thesauri End-User Searching Challenges Indexing Practices in the Digital Newspaper Photo Archive (1999) (Make Corrections) (14 citations) Marjo Markkula, Eero Sormunen Information Retrieval <http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/markkula99enduser.html> A Query-Level Examination of End User Searching Behaviour on the Excite Search Engine Dietmar Wolfram University of WisconsinMilwaukee <http://www.slis.ualberta.ca/cais2000/wolfram.htm> End-user Searching with CD-ROM Databases Tinanoff, Susan Katharine Sharp Review 1996 (2)10052 <http://wotan.liu.edu/dois/data/ Articles/juljuljasy:1996:i:2:p:10052.html> A shorter URL for the above link: <http://snipurl.com/rtf3> End-User Searching Behavior: Considering Methodologies Bains, Simon Katharine Sharp Review 1997 (4)10051 <http://wotan.liu.edu/dois/data/ Articles/juljuljasy:1997:i:4:p:10051.html> A shorter URL for the above link: <http://snipurl.com/rtf9> Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1990 April; 78(2): 188-191 The effect of end-user searching on reference services: experience with MEDLINE and current contents. L Salisbury, H S Toombs, E A Kelly, and S Crawford <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=225374> Materials and Methods Bio/Technology 7, 378 - 379 (1989) doi:10.1038/nbt0489-378 End-User Searching of Biotech Databases Layne M. Johnson1 1by Layne M. Johnson, Medical Research Division, American Cyanamid Co., Pearl River, NY 10965 <http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v7/n4/abs/nbt0489-378.html> Siegfried, S., Bates, M., & Wilde, D. (1993). A profile of end-user searching behavior by humanities scholars: The Getty online searching project report no. 2. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 44(5), 273-291 <http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/context/1620064/0> Medical Library Association Policy Statement: Role of Expert Searching in Health Sciences Libraries * Introduction * Definition of Expert Searching * Background * Librarian's Role Transformed * Where Knowledge Matters Most in Decision Making * Download this Statement (PDF, 135KB) <http://www.mlanet.org/resources/expert_search/policy_expert_search.html> Authors: Martin Kesselman, Sarah B. Watstein (Editor), Sarah Barbara Watstein (Editor) Format: Paperback Publication Date: August 1988 Publisher: Amer Library Assn ISBN: 0838904882 Revue de l'Institut Franais du Ptrole 1995, Volume 50, n 04, p. 587 - 593 End-User Searching: Philosophy and PractiseThis article was presented at the 1994 "Chemical Information Conference", Annecy, France, October 17-19, 1994. Article in English Authors BUNTROCK, R.E. (Amoco Corporation(1)) THE GETTY END-USER ONLINE SEARCHING PROJECT IN THE HUMANITIES: REPORT NO. 6: OVERVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS by Marcia J. Bates Professor Graduate School of Education and Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles 1996 (Published in College & Research Libraries, vol. 57, no. 6, November 1996, pp. 514-523) <http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/bates/articles/Getty_6-ms-c_960716.html> Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1987 October; 75(4): 371. Copyright notice End-User Searching in the Health Sciences Reviewed by Suzetta Burrows University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida <http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=227767> Teaching Student Searchers By Carol Tenopir March 1, 2005 Library Journal <http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA504643.html> Education Policy Analysis Archives Volume 7 Number 25 August 25, 1999 ISSN 1068-2341 A peer-reviewed scholarly electronic journal Editor: Gene V Glass, College of Education Arizona State University Copyright 1999, the EDUCATION POLICY ANALYSIS ARCHIVES. Permission is hereby granted to copy any article if EPAA is credited and copies are not sold. Articles appearing in EPAA are abstracted in the Current Index to Journals in Education by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation and are permanently archived in Resources in Education. The Quality of Researchers Searches of the ERIC Database Scott Hertzberg ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation University of Maryland Lawrence Rudner ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation University of Maryland <http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v7n25.html> End user searching in the health sciences by M Sandra Wood; Ellen Brassil Horak; Bonnie Snow Type: English : Book Publisher: New York : Haworth Press, 1986. 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