An approach to the evaluation of expert systems for the selection of reference sources

Sixty students at the University of Illinois voluntarily participated in the research to select reference sources for ten test questions with or without the aid of the expert systems to be evaluated. The students were first divided into little-experienced and no-experienced groups; the students in each group were further randomly divided into RE, SF, and NO groups. The RE group students consulted Reference Expert to select reference sources, the SF group students consulted SourceFinder, and the NO group students consulted the online catalog (IO$\sp+$/IBIS), browsed shelves in the Undergraduate Library, or retrieved from personal knowledge.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Library and Information Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Su, Shiao-Feng

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lancaster, F.W.
• Smith, Linda C.
• Allen, Bryce L.

• Library Science
• Information Science
• Artificial Intelligence

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1994 Su, Shiao-Feng

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9512565
(UMI)AAI9512565

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23247