title: GRATEFUL MED: a tool for studying searching behavior.
abstract: The latest release of GRATEFUL MED offers medical libraries an opportunity to monitor searching patterns of end users searching the databases of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). A GRATEFUL MED use log records information from each search session. Analysis of the log from a recent beta test program at the Welch Medical Library indicates that most NLM searches occur in the MEDLINE database. Moreover, the study reveals that searchers overlook many user-friendly features of the program. Evaluation of the use log suggests changes for future versions of the program.
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D007993:Libraries, Medical; D008523:MEDLARS; D009317:National Library of Medicine (U.S.); D012984:Software; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States