Contents

• Contents
• List of Figures
• Learning The Basics
• Ease of Use
• Facilities & Software
  • Networks and Databases
  • Software and Operating Environments
• Requirements
• User Education
• Experiences
  • Penpal & Netnews
  • Three different online catalogs
  • Two different non-catalog databases
  • Gopher name location
  • Archie to locate software
  • Gopher and WAIS to locate relevant documents
• Similarities
• Differences
• Human Factors
  • Time to learn
  • Speed of performance
  • Rate of errors by users
  • Retention over time
  • Subjective Satisfaction
• Suggested Improvements
• Conclusion
• Figures

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