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Date:         Mon, 6 Apr 1992 19:47:14 CDT
From:         Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      The Public-Access Computer Systems Review 3, no. 1 (1992)

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            The Public-Access Computer Systems Review

Volume 3, Number 1 (1992)                         ISSN 1048-6542
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                            CONTENTS

REFEREED ARTICLES

Analysis of Search Failures in Document Retrieval Systems: A
Review

     By Yasar Tonta (pp. 4-53)

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     1.0  Introduction
     2.0  Overview of a Document Retrieval System
     3.0  Search Failure Analysis
     3.1  Measures of Retrieval Effectiveness
     3.2  Methods of Analyzing Search Failures
     3.2.1  Analysis of Search Failures Utilizing Retrieval
               Effectiveness Measures
     3.2.2  Analysis of Search Failures Utilizing User
               Satisfaction Measures
     3.2.3  Analysis of Search Failures Utilizing Transaction
               Logs
     3.2.4  Analysis of Search Failures Utilizing the Critical
               Incident Technique
     3.3  Summary
     4.0  Review of Studies Analyzing Search Failures
     4.1  Studies Utilizing Precision and Recall Measures
     4.1.1  The Cranfield Studies
     4.1.2  Lancaster's MEDLARS Studies
     4.1.3  Blair and Maron's Full-Text Retrieval System Study
     4.1.4  Markey and Demeyer's Dewey Decimal Classification
               Online Project
     4.2  Studies Utilizing User Satisfaction Measures
     4.3  Studies Utilizing Transaction Logs
     4.4  Studies Utilizing the Critical Incident Technique
     4.5  Other Search Failure Studies
     4.6  Related Studies
     5.0  Conclusion

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COLUMNS

Public-Access Provocations: An Informal Column

     Those Who Don't, Won't

     By Walt Crawford (pp. 54-56)

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REVIEWS

Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide to the
Internet

     Reviewed by Billy Barron (pp. 57-59)

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            The Public-Access Computer Systems Review

Editor-in-Chief

Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
University Libraries
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-2091
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Associate Editors:

Columns: Leslie Pearse, OCLC
Communications: Dana Rooks, University of Houston
Reviews: Roy Tennant, University of California, Berkeley


Editorial Board

Ralph Alberico, University of Texas, Austin
George H. Brett II, University of North Carolina
     General Administration
Steve Cisler, Apple
Walt Crawford, Research Libraries Group
Lorcan Dempsey, University of Bath
Nancy Evans, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz

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Charles Hildreth, READ Ltd.
Ronald Larsen, University of Maryland
Clifford Lynch, Division of Library Automation,
     University of California
David R. McDonald, Tufts University
R. Bruce Miller, University of California, San Diego
Paul Evan Peters, Coalition for Networked Information
Mike Ridley, University of Waterloo
Peggy Seiden, Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington
Peter Stone, University of Sussex
John E. Ulmschneider, North Carolina State University


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