id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-15898 Belliston, C. Jeffrey; Howland, Jared L.; Roberts, Brian C. Undergraduate Use of Federated Searching: A Survey of Preferences and Perceptions of Value-added Functionality 2007-11-01 16 .pdf application/pdf 6905 329 57 We would suggest that the presence of an abstract with federated search results be an aspect of such a study since 12 percent of the participants specifically mentioned the usefulness of abstracts in more effi- ciently selecting be er resources. However, another BYU stu- dent who saved time with federated search but pre- ferred nonfederated search commented, “While [feder- ated search] did go faster (which to many will be a plus and will sway them to choose [federated search]), I think if I did lean to one or the other, I’d actually pick [nonfeder- ated search]” (emphasis in original). cache/crl-15898.pdf txt/crl-15898.txt