Formatted hardcopy vs electronic fulltext documents : a study in users' selection effectiveness

• Main Author: Yeoh, Tony Guan Chiew.
• Other Authors: Harvey, Ross
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Information retrieval and analysis
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20476
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study tests the hypothesis that formatted hardcopy documents are more effective than on-screen electronic fulltext documents in aiding users to select relevant documents. An experiment was conducted on a class of 40 postgraduate students in the Information Studies programme. The subjects were d...