%0 Journal Article %1 madarash-hill.hill2009effectiveness %A Madarash-Hill, Cherie %A Hill, J. B. %D 2009 %J College & Undergraduate Libraries %K OPAC artikel3 google information-retrieval information-seeking libraries worldcat %N 4 %P 300--310 %R 10.1080/10691310903355911 %T The Effectiveness of Librarian Searching of Google, WorldCat, and a Library Online Catalog %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10691310903355911 %V 16 %X As studies show, undergraduates needing information frequently begin their research in a search engine such as Google rather than a library online catalog. To test the efficacy of that research approach, a local usability study of fifty topics in ten disciplines of study was performed. In a comparison of WorldCat.org and Google Books to the library catalog, it was found that more than double the number of hits to library-held material was found by searching WorldCat.org than the library online catalog alone. It was also learned that twice as many hits to articles and material within a thirty-mile radius were found in WorldCat.org and Google Books as compared to searching the online catalog alone. These results suggest the need to improve the native interface of catalogs and for continued placement of resources outside the library catalog.

@article{madarash-hill.hill2009effectiveness, abstract = {As studies show, undergraduates needing information frequently begin their research in a search engine such as Google rather than a library online catalog. To test the efficacy of that research approach, a local usability study of fifty topics in ten disciplines of study was performed. In a comparison of WorldCat.org and Google Books to the library catalog, it was found that more than double the number of hits to library-held material was found by searching WorldCat.org than the library online catalog alone. It was also learned that twice as many hits to articles and material within a thirty-mile radius were found in WorldCat.org and Google Books as compared to searching the online catalog alone. These results suggest the need to improve the native interface of catalogs and for continued placement of resources outside the library catalog.}, added-at = {2011-11-10T11:33:21.000+0100}, author = {Madarash-Hill, Cherie and Hill, J. B.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2257fda0ae2a5f3fffee2c93365564794/oeoe}, doi = {10.1080/10691310903355911}, groups = {public}, interhash = {a1b97ada6be61d1e63c6183eb468fbe7}, intrahash = {257fda0ae2a5f3fffee2c93365564794}, issn = {10691316}, journal = {College \& Undergraduate Libraries}, keywords = {OPAC artikel3 google information-retrieval information-seeking libraries worldcat}, number = 4, pages = {300--310}, refid = {8b93489f88e2a08773596aae348561a4}, timestamp = {2012-01-28T23:06:05.000+0100}, title = {The Effectiveness of Librarian Searching of Google, WorldCat, and a Library Online Catalog}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10691310903355911}, username = {oeoe}, volume = 16, year = 2009 }