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Reconciling Design Philosophy and User Expectations

Woodsmall, Rose Marie; Siegel, Elliot

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Title
Reconciling Design Philosophy and User Expectations
Author(s)
  • Woodsmall, Rose Marie
  • Siegel, Elliot
Issue Date
1988
Keyword(s)
  • Human-computer interaction
  • User interfaces (Computer systems)
Abstract
This paper discusses the design, development, and evaluation of GRATEFUL MED, the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) front end software for microcomputers that was developed to assist physicians and other health professionals to search NLM's MEDLINE database. A search is constructed by filling out a form screen with information on the desired author, title, and/or subject(s); the search can be limited to English language, review articles, or a particular journal. No knowledge of Boolean connectors or the Library's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) vocabulary is assumed. The search is constructed and the results reviewed on the user's microcomputer; that is, while not connected to the NLM mainframe.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series/Report Name or Number
Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (25th : 1988)
ISSN
0069-4789
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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Copyright and License Information
Copyright owned by Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 1988.

Owning Collections

1988: Design and evaluation of computer/human interfaces : issues for librarians and information scientists PRIMARY
25th Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (1988). Edited by Martin A. Siegel.