Library metrics – studying academic users’ information retrieval behavior: A case study of an Israeli university library

Riki Greenberg; Judit Bar-Ilan

doi:10.1177/0961000616640031

Library metrics – studying academic users’ information retrieval behavior: A case study of an Israeli university library

Riki Greenberg, Judit Bar-Ilan

Department of Information Science

University of Haifa

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to get insights on library users’ information retrieval behavior, as reflected in log files, reports, and publishers’ counts. From the data it appears that the library’s discovery tool is not the major source for accessing full text items and the patrons often prefer other sources such as Google Scholar. Google Scholar cannot replace the library, but it can link users to resources that the patrons can access, through library subscriptions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	454-467
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
Volume	49
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000616640031
State	Published - 1 Dec 2017

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Academic libraries use
Google Scholar
discovery tool
federated search
information access behavior
information retrieval behavior
link resolver

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