Presentation
Reference Universe
Library Services Publications
Document Type
Conference Presentation
Publication Date
11-1-2009
Abstract
This original research described a comparison of 50 composition topics taken from my library instruction sessions with Reference Universe versus simple keyword searching of the online catalog. Pete and I concluded that twenty-three percent of the "good" hits in Reference Universe were also found in OPAC search and that the OPAC search found fewer "good" hits overall; but also found different relevant resources.
Disciplines
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International
Citation Information
McDonnell, P. & Clink, K. (2009). Reference Universe. Minnesota Library Association Conference. Bloomington, MN.