IMPROVING THE CHANCE OF STUDENT USAGE OF MEDLINE

Citation
Ml. Pao et al., IMPROVING THE CHANCE OF STUDENT USAGE OF MEDLINE, Proceedings of the ASIS annual meeting, 30, 1993, pp. 59-62
Citations number
21
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science","Information Science & Library Science
ISSN journal
0044-7870
Volume
30
Year of publication
1993
Pages
59 - 62
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-7870(1993)30:<59:ITCOSU>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Transaction logs of a search assignment conducted by 184 third year me dical students on UM-MEDLINE at the University of Michigan were analyz ed. Relationship between levels of search experience on the one hand, and search skills, clinical knowledge, search outcome, and subsequent use level of UM-MEDLINE on the other, were examined. No relation was f ound between search experience and search skills or clinical knowledge . The more experienced the searcher, the better the recall performance . Most importantly, overwhelming evidence showed that the more the sea rcher searched, the better the chance that s/he would continue to sear ch subsequent to the intervention of the search assignment. For the st udent who has accrued at least 40 sessions at the time of the search a ssignment, the odds that s/he would continue to log on 3 or more sessi ons per month in the subsequent five months were 6.74 to 1 as compared with those with less prior search experience. Additionally, the more experienced searchers have an increased odds of nearly 5 to 1 in retri eving at least one definitely relevant document Our data is derived fr om UM-MEDLINE which uses the easy-to-use PaperChase system with no dir ect cost to the user. There is virtually no disincentive for the use o f this system.