本文以書目計量學為方法，分析我國1982-2002年間所出版之OPAC 文獻特性，藉以探討我國OPAC的研究發展情形。共取得OPAC文獻110 篇，引用之參考文獻3,299篇，分析項目包括：文獻的基本特性、作者特性 與生產力、引用參考文獻之特性。研究結果發現，國内OPAC文獻量少，歷 年成長模式接近邏輯斯第曲線；文獻類型以期刊論文為主（75%)，探討的主 題以使用者研究、綜論、檢索技術及使用者介面佔多數（71%);約有71% 的文獻由圖資系所師生所撰寫；出版一篇文獻的作者佔72% ;大量（80%) 引用國外英文文獻；學位論文引用量最多，中位篇數約90篇；與國外 OPAC文獻特性比較，互有差異與相似之處。

The study explores the characteristics of the OPAC literature published in Taiwan from 1982 through 2002. Using bibliometirc analysis, 110 papers containing 3,299 references are analyzed. The results show that most OPAC literatures are published in the format of journal papers (75%). Among which the issues concerned are user study, general introduction, retrieval technology and user interface (totally 71%). Most papers are written by the faculty and graduate students of library schools(71%). 72% of authors contribute one paper. Most of the papers use English references and a median of 90 refer-ences are from thesis/dissertations. Similarities and differences between this study and the previous studies of OPAC literature are illustrated.