id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-13984 Alzofon, Sammy R.; Van Pulis, Noelle Patterns of Searching and Success Rates in an Online Public Access Catalog 1984-03-01 6 .pdf application/pdf 3482 187 68 7 Pease and Gouke, in a recent study, found that 70 percent of online catalog searches in the OSU Main Library were for known items. Success rates also suggest that there is a group of online catalog users who are highly motivated to seek out instruction and learn to use the catalog well. n July 1, 1982, Ohio State Uni- versity Libraries announced the closing of the card catalogs, ter- minating the dual catalog sys- tem which had existed since 1975, when the first online public access terminal be- came available. cache/crl-13984.pdf txt/crl-13984.txt