I'd like to thank everyone who pointed out that the article IS available on
the open Web, and in a perfect reproduction rather than a photocopy. That
URL:
http://kentstate.academia.edu/karlfast/Papers/346311/
Academic Search Premier does allow for a search by Accession Number, from
its Advanced Search page.
Steve
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*Steve Casburn*
ILS Coordinator
Multnomah County Library
Phone: 503.988.4549
stevencm_at_multcolib.org
www.multcolib.org <http://www.multcolib.org/>
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Steve Casburn <stevencm_at_multcolib.org>wrote:
>
> For an intelligent comparison of the effectiveness of OPACs with that of
> Google, I recommend this article (available in full text through EBSCO's
> Academic Search Premier as Accession Number 17663772):
>
> Campbell, D. Grant and Karl V. Fast. "Panizzi, Lubetzky, and Google: How
> the Modern Web Environment is Reinventing the Theory of Cataloguing." _The
> Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science_ (Sep 2004), vol. 28,
> no. 3, pgs. 25-38.
>
>
> The authors observed 16 college students search for information using both
> an OPAC and Google, and interviewed each student in depth immediately
> afterwards. Based on those observations and interviews, they posed two
> questions: "Does the OPAC do justice to cataloguing theory and practice?"
> and "Does cataloguing theory have relevance to search engine design?" Their
> answers to those questions are clearly written and thought-provoking.
>
>
> Steve
>
>
> --
> *Steve Casburn*
> ILS Coordinator
> Multnomah County Library
> Phone: 503.988.4549
> stevencm_at_multcolib.org
> www.multcolib.org <http://www.multcolib.org/>
>
>
>
Received on Thu May 26 2011 - 12:35:09 EDT