The Key to Online Catalogs that Work? Testing: One, Two, Three.

Feldman, Susan

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ERIC Number: EJ588265

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Publication Date: 1999

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The Key to Online Catalogs that Work? Testing: One, Two, Three.

Feldman, Susan

Computers in Libraries, v19 n5 p16-18,20 May 1999

Discusses the need for usability testing for information systems and for librarians to recognize what makes computer interfaces either easy or difficult to use. Highlights include user friendliness; navigation; standards; visual appeal; layout and design; feedback; help screens; and the usability-testing process. (LRW)

Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Evaluation Methods, Feedback, Information Systems, Navigation (Information Systems), Online Catalogs, Screen Design (Computers), Standards, Use Studies, User Friendly Interface, User Satisfaction (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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