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Direct linkWalters, William H. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2011
This study evaluates the effectiveness of simple and expert searches in Google Scholar (GS), EconLit, GEOBASE, PAIS, POPLINE, PubMed, Social Sciences Citation Index, Social Sciences Full Text, and Sociological Abstracts. It assesses the recall and precision of 32 searches in the field of later-life migration: nine simple keyword searches and 23…
Descriptors: Online Searching, Web Sites, Navigation (Information Systems), Novices
Robbins, Laura Pope; Esposito, Lisa; Kretz, Chris; Aloi, Michael – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2007
Web site usability concerns anyone with a Web site to maintain. Libraries, however, are often the biggest offenders in terms of usability. In our efforts to provide users with everything they need for research, we often overwhelm them with sites that are confusing in structure, difficult to navigate, and weighed down with jargon. Dowling College…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Web Sites, Navigation (Information Systems), Difficulty Level
