SMARTech   Library Home
 

Georgia Tech's Institutional Repository >
Georgia Tech Conferences >
Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference >
Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference (1st – Atlanta - 2006) >
ERL06. Day 2 >

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/10174

Title: EBSCOhost Visual Search: Usability Test Results
Authors: Fagan, Jody Condit
James Madison University
Subjects : Technology
Usability testing
EBSCOhost
Visual search interfaces
Issue Date: 24-Mar-2006
Publisher: Georgia Institute of Technology
Abstract: This presentation features the results from eight formal usability tests of EBSCO’s new "visual search" and "traditional search" interfaces. Audio, video, and screen capture software, and pre- and post-test surveys were used to analyze the sessions and determine students’ success and satisfaction levels during given research tasks.
Description: Jody Condit Fagan is the Digital Services Librarian at James Madison University. Previously, she was an Associate Professor and Reference Librarian at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Her research interests include digital reference, user interfaces, and pretty much anything involved in helping folks in the digital environment.
Type: Presentation
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/10174
Appears in Collections:2006 Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference
ERL06. Day 2

Files in This Item:

File Description SizeFormat
visualsearch-final.aviSpeech and Presentation22.58 MBAudio Video InterleavedView/Open
BasicVisualSearchNoStudents.pdfPower Point Presentation465 kBAdobe PDFView/Open
discussion_fagan.pdfDiscussion760.2 kBAdobe PDFView/Open

Items in SMARTech are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.

 

Valid XHTML 1.0! DSpace Software Copyright © 2002-2007 MIT and Hewlett-Packard - Feedback