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Download full textHsieh, Tsia-ying; Wu, Ko-chiu – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Children conducting searches using the interfaces of library websites often encounter obstacles due to typographical errors, digital divides, or a failure to grasp keywords. Satisfaction with a given interface may also vary according to the gender of the user, making it a variable in information seeking behavior. Children benefit more from…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Information Seeking, Electronic Libraries, Search Strategies
Direct linkTeague-Rector, Susan; Ghaphery, Jimmy – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2008
Academic libraries customize, support, and provide access to myriad information systems, each with complex graphical user interfaces. The number of possible information entry points on an academic library Web site is both daunting to the end-user and consistently challenging to library Web site designers. Faced with the challenges inherent in…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Information Systems, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries
Peer reviewedGreene, Stephan; Marchionini, Gary; Plaisant, Catherine; Shneiderman, Ben – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 2000
Presents a framework for the design of information representations in terms of previews and overviews, to aid designers of digital library interfaces. Defines previews and overviews, as graphic or textual representations of information abstracted from primary information objects, analogous to bibliographic records and catalogs; and describes four…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Design Requirements
Druin, Allison; Bederson, Benjamin B.; Hourcade, Juan Pablo; Sherman, Lisa; Revelle, Glenda; Platner, Michele; Weng, Stacy – 2001
As more information resources become accessible using computers, the digital interfaces to those resources need to be appropriate for all people. However, when it comes to digital libraries, the interfaces have typically been designed for older children or adults. The researchers have begun to develop a digital library interface that is…
Descriptors: Children, Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design
Sandlian, Pam – School Library Journal, 1995
Describes a project at the Denver Public Library (Colorado) called "Kid's Catalog" that involved creating a child-oriented online catalog with a graphical user interface. The catalog's software is designed to search, make cognitive links, and present a list of materials. Research was conducted at the library and three elementary schools…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Elementary Education
Cochenour, John J.; And Others – 1996
A study of nine different image maps from World Wide Web home pages was conducted to evaluate their effectiveness in information display and access, relative to visual, navigational, and practical characteristics. Nine independent viewers completed 20-question surveys on the image maps, in which they evaluated the characteristics of the maps on a…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Aesthetic Values, Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces
