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| author | Fry, Amy Rich, Linda |
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| contents | Usability Testing for e-Resource Discovery: How Students Find and Choose e-Resources Using Library Web Sites Fry, Amy Rich, Linda Academic Libraries Electronic Libraries Databases Web Sites Usability Use Studies College Students In early 2010, library staff at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in Ohio designed and conducted a usability study of key parts of the library web site, focusing on the web pages generated by the library's electronic resources management system (ERM) that list and describe the library's databases. The goal was to discover how users find and choose e-resources and identify ways the library could improve access to e-resources through its web site. This article outlines the usability study conducted at BGSU, presents its conclusions about how students at BGSU find and choose databases, contextualizes these findings with other current research about user behavior, and makes recommendations for increasing student use of library e-resources. (Contains 8 tables and 5 figures.) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2011 |
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| spellingShingle | Usability Testing for e-Resource Discovery: How Students Find and Choose e-Resources Using Library Web Sites Fry, Amy Rich, Linda Academic Libraries Electronic Libraries Databases Web Sites Usability Use Studies College Students Usability Testing for e-Resource Discovery: How Students Find and Choose e-Resources Using Library Web Sites Fry, Amy Rich, Linda Academic Libraries Electronic Libraries Databases Web Sites Usability Use Studies College Students In early 2010, library staff at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in Ohio designed and conducted a usability study of key parts of the library web site, focusing on the web pages generated by the library's electronic resources management system (ERM) that list and describe the library's databases. The goal was to discover how users find and choose e-resources and identify ways the library could improve access to e-resources through its web site. This article outlines the usability study conducted at BGSU, presents its conclusions about how students at BGSU find and choose databases, contextualizes these findings with other current research about user behavior, and makes recommendations for increasing student use of library e-resources. (Contains 8 tables and 5 figures.) |
| title | Usability Testing for e-Resource Discovery: How Students Find and Choose e-Resources Using Library Web Sites |
| topic | Academic Libraries Electronic Libraries Databases Web Sites Usability Use Studies College Students |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ938486 |