Title: The Effectiveness of a Projected Computerized Presentation in Teaching Online Library Catalog Searching
Abstract: A computerized presentation teaching NOTIS commands and search strategy was produced using Show Partner F/X software. Students from a freshman composition class viewed the presentation and completed a NOTIS search exercise. A second group of students from the same class completed the exercise without having viewed the presentation. A comparison of the two groups' exercises and transaction fogs show that the group that viewed the presentation proved better at using correct NOTIS commands and formulating effective search strategies. The greatest differences between the two groups were sbject searching (Library of Congress subject heading and keyword) and in locating specific items