The design and implementation of a microcomputer teaching package for online bibliographic searching

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Armstrong, C.J.^{; 1}

Affiliations: College of Librarianship Wales, Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3AS, Wales, UK

Note: [1] Amended version of a paper presented at the International Conference on the Application of Mini- and Micro-Computers in Information, Documentation and Libraries, Tel-Aviv, Israel, March 1983.

Abstract: This paper discusses the motives behind the development of teaching aids to introduce students to online bibliographic searching. The range of such aids developed and used at the College of Librarianship Wales is reviewed and the importance of microcomputers is emphasized. A microcomputer package developed at the College is described, comprising a CAL module to familiarize students with the DIALOG command language and an Emulation which allows students to make uncontrolled heuristic searches on a ‘microdatabase’ of 110 records, using DIALOG commands and receiving DIALOG-like responses.

DOI: 10.3233/EFI-1984-2105

Journal: Education for Information, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 35-42, 1984