TY - JOUR
T1 - Usability Testing for e-Resource Discovery
T2 - How Students Find and Choose e-Resources Using Library Web Sites
AU - Fry, Amy
AU - Rich, Linda
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.acalib.2011.06.003
DO - 10.1016/j.acalib.2011.06.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80052268366
SN - 0099-1333
VL - 37
SP - 386
EP - 401
JO - Journal of Academic Librarianship
JF - Journal of Academic Librarianship
IS - 5
ER -