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Title: ERIC as Navigator: Comments from an ERIC Consumer.
Language: English
Authors: Levin, Bernard H.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 1999
Document Type: Opinion Papers
Reports - Descriptive
Speeches/Meeting Papers
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Colleges, Educational Resources, Information Retrieval, Online Searching, Program Evaluation, Search Strategies, Two Year Colleges, User Needs (Information), World Wide Web
Abstract: This paper evaluates the online services provided by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges, from the perspective of a psychology professor at Blue Ridge Community College in North Carolina. The author praises the ERIC site for its helpful links and virtual library, and also discusses ERIC's potential for a variety of users. He focuses on one of ERIC's primary strengths: its search engine/database. ERIC's search engine offers information on community college curriculum, institutional research, and policy research. In an evaluation of the ERIC system, the author finds its strengths to be: (1) immense size; (2) speed; (3) broad scope; (4) search results ordered by relevance; (5) clarity of search criteria; and (6) common-sense database search functions. Suggested modifications to the ERIC web site include: (1) eliminating the search confirmation screen; (2) modifying the structure of the search engine with increased user choice; (3) providing a way to filter items based on publication date; (4) improving currency; (5) providing for electronic submissions; (6) availability of full-text online retrieval; (7) developing a link to find articles similar to one's topic; (8) adding logical searching across fields; and (9) adding capacity to view multiple records at a time. ERIC is compared favorably with other search sites regarding content and accessibility, despite the fact that it does not yet offer online full-text retrieval. (AS)
Entry Date: 1999
Accession Number: ED428792
Database: ERIC
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