Dissertation - Experiment

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User Groups

Key User Groups
  Student Researcher
Job Student Researcher
Attributes:    
  Education High school + Bachelor's +
  Able to type Yes Yes
  Computer User Yes Yes
Frequency of Use Occasional Frequent
Environment Dedicated terminal at library Dedicated terminal at library,
Net access via workstation
approx. equally

Tasks

Key Tasks
Paper Find several relevant books for a term paper
All Make an exhaustive list of items relevant to some subject
New Find out what's "new" about a subject
Locate Locate a particular book
Browse Browse a particular section of the card catalog
Entertain Find something interesting and/or entertaining to read

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