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1988

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Petrun, Craig J., Roop, Elizabeth, Boehm-Davis, Deborah A., Smith, Philip J. and Brown, Polly (1988): The Development of User-Computer Interfaces for Remote Access Data Bases. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 32nd Annual Meeting 1988. pp. 375-376.

“The recent surge in popularity of accessing on-line data bases from home terminals or PCs has drawn our attention to the limitations of today's remote access user interface technology. Although the type and complexity of on-line data bases continues to expand, there has not been an increase in emphasis on the development of a user-friendly interface to make remote data base accessing more usable. As a result, usage of these systems has gradually shifted to primarily professional information specialists and librarians. In order to open the access of these data bases to more non-technical users, we will need to integrate the various areas of human factors research which have already been involved in the design and implementation of on-line information systems. For example, research is currently being conducted in several areas related to on-line data base access, such as: 1) the impact of the data base format on retrieval, 2) consumer decision processes and information selection, 3) natural language interfaces, 4) the use of hypertext interfaces, and 5) on-line documentation aids. The focus of the present panel discussion is to provide a forum for integrating the results and ideas of several functionally related research areas in order to suggest future enhancements and design directions for future on-line data base access interfaces.”

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