MEDLINE and PsycLIT on CD-ROM: a survey of users in an academic medical library.
A survey of users of PsycLIT and MEDLINE on CD-ROM was performed at an academic medical library. The questionnaire was designed to gather information about the user population, satisfaction of the users, the assistance needed to use the systems, and the type of searches being performed. The majority of users were graduate students in the schools of medicine, nursing, and pharmacy. In general, users were satisfied with the performance of the systems. Assistance from a librarian, printed documentation, or another patron was required by 85% of users, and they were generally satisfied with this assistance. Most searches were performed to obtain information on a subject. The results were remarkably similar for both databases.
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Taubman Medical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.
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D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007256:Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007993:Libraries, Medical; D008523:MEDLARS / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008824:Michigan; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014741:Video Recording / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014742:Videodisc Recording / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*