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Online public access catalog

Known as: OPAC, Online Public Access Catalogue, WPopac 
An online public access catalog (often abbreviated as OPAC or simply library catalog) is an online database of materials held by a library or group… 
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Effects of relative humidity on aerosol light scattering: results from different European sites
The effect of aerosol water uptake on the aerosol particle light scattering coefficient ( sp) is described in this study by… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Clear-sky direct aerosol radiative forcing variations over mega-city Delhi
Abstract. The direct aerosol radiative forcing (DARF) has been estimated for the clear-sky conditions over Delhi from January… 
2009
2009
The Next Generation Online Public Access Catalog in Academic Libraries
"Make it more like Google" is a refrain that is often heard by students at academic libraries when asked how library catalogs can… 
2005
2005
Detecting and supporting known item queries in online public access catalogs
When users seek to find specific resources in a digital library, they often use the library catalog to locate them. These catalog… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Talking in the library: implications for the design of digital libraries
We describe the use of ethnomethodologically-informed ethnography as a means of informing the requirements elicitation, design… 
1996
1996
User Goals on an Online Public Access Catalog
An ongoing thread in information retrieval research has been the exploration of user goals (or information needs, or problems) on… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
System design and cataloging meet the user: User interfaces to online public access catalogs
Current research on user interfaces to online public access catalogs is reviewed in an attempt to identify research methods and… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
Online public access catalog research in the United Kingdom: an overview
Tendances actuelles de la recherche dans le domaine des catalogues et de leur mise a disposition du public au Royaume Uni 
1986
1986
Designing user manuals for the online public access catalog
The writer of functional documents must make both macro‐ and micro‐level judgments: decisions about the format and layout of the… 
1983
1983
Online Public Access Catalogs: Two Studies
In September, 1982, a graduate seminar was held for the first time at Syracuse University on Online Public Access Catalogs (OPACs… 
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