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ERIC Number: EJ938486
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Sep
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0099-1333
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Usability Testing for e-Resource Discovery: How Students Find and Choose e-Resources Using Library Web Sites
Fry, Amy; Rich, Linda
Journal of Academic Librarianship, v37 n5 p386-401 Sep 2011
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.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ohio
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