00000ctm a22000004a 4500 UP-99796217605976433 Buklod 20230503092542.0 m o j ta 030101s1991 xx r |000 u|eng d (iLib)UPD-00000368645 DLS eng LG 995 1991 L4 M87 Murillo, Regina N. author. Evaluation of the index to Philippine periodicals as a tool in the retrieval of periodical literature Regina N. Murillo ; Rosalie B. Faderon, adviser ; Rosa M. Vallejo, reader. Quezon City : Institute of Library Science, University of the Philippines Diliman 1991. 169 leaves Typescript. Vita. Special Problem (Master of Library Science)--University of the Philippines Diliman March 1991. This study was conducted to evaluate the usefulness of Index to Philippine Periodicals as a tool in the retrieval of information from Philippine periodicals and its quality as a printed index. The descriptive-survey method of research was used in the study. Around 1,838 questionnaires were distributed to Filipiniana periodical users of which 587 were retrieved and analyzed. Frequency distribution and percentages were used in data analysis. Users were categorized into undergraduate students (76.13 percent), graduate students (11.87 percent), librarians (4.64 percent), researchers (4.09 percent), and faculty (3.27 percent). Majority of the users are graduate and undergraduate students with 234 of the total coming from the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy. Very few faculty use the periodicals in the reading room because they rely on their own collections, their colleagues' collections and those of other libraries. Researchers frequent the reading room to gather updated information not available in their own libraries while librarians use the periodical resources to answer queries posed by their own users. Almost fifty percent of the users frequented the reading room "as the need arises" and nobody visited the library "once a year". The most important reason given by the respondents for using the reading room is "to gather periodical articles for research" and "to study only" is the least important reason for doing so. The 1977-1986 printed issues of the IPP are the most widely-used followed by the 1987 issues and the 1971-1976 issues.The index database covering 1988 to the present is the least used due to the lack of awareness of the users about its availability. Evaluation Indexes. Philippines. Evaluation Periodicals. Philippines. Indexes User studies. Periodicals Indexes. Faderon, Rosalie B. adviser. Vallejo, Rosa M. reader. Thesis FI UP UPD DLS LG 995 1991 L4 M87 Thesis