A COMPARISON OF INFORMATION-RETRIEVAL FROM PRINT AND CD-ROM VERSIONS OF AN ENCYCLOPEDIA BY ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL STUDENTS

Authors
LARGE A BEHESHTI J BREULEUX A RENAUD A
Citation
A. Large et al., A COMPARISON OF INFORMATION-RETRIEVAL FROM PRINT AND CD-ROM VERSIONS OF AN ENCYCLOPEDIA BY ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL STUDENTS, Information processing & management, 30(4), 1994, pp. 499-513
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science","Information Science & Library Science","Computer Science Information Systems
Journal title
Information processing & management → ACNP
ISSN journal
03064573
Volume
30
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
499 - 513
Database
ISI
SICI code
0306-4573(1994)30:4<499:ACOIFP>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Describes an experiment using 48 sixth-grade students to compare retri eval techniques using the print and CD-ROM versions of Compton's Encyc lopedia. Four queries of different complexity (measured by the number of terms present) were searched by the students after a short training session. The searches were timed and the retrieval steps and search t erms were noted. The searches were no faster on the CD-ROM than the pr int version, but in both cases time was related directly to the number of terms involved. The students coped well with the CD-ROM interface and its several retrieval paths.