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Kim, Su Hee; Eastman, Caroline M. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Describes an experiment in which presentation size and text length is varied in a HyperCard application. Students performed a fact-retrieval task from a reference handbook. No interaction is found between these two independent variables. Performance is significantly better for the longer texts, but no significant difference is found for the two…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Design Preferences, Electronic Text
Jacso, Peter; Lancaster, F. W. – 1999
This book is intended to help librarians and others to produce databases of better value and quality, especially if they have had little previous experience in database construction. Drawing upon almost 40 years of experience in the field of information retrieval, this book emphasizes basic principles and approaches rather than in-depth and…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Database Design
Ju, Boryung; Gluck, Myke – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
The purpose of this study was to organize menu items based on a user-process model and implement a new version of current software for enhancing usability of interfaces. A user-process model was developed, drawn from actual users' understanding of their goals and strategies to solve their information needs by using Dervin's Sense-Making Theory…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Yee, Martha M. – 1999
This paper describes the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) guidelines for librarians charged with customizing OPAC (online public access catalog) software and vendors and producers of this software. The guidelines are intended to apply to all types of catalog, including World Wide Web-based catalogs, GUI…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Guidelines

Schuch, Dan – TechTrends, 2001
"The Research Assistant," was developed to help graduate students and faculty manage the quantity of available information, to be able to read it, synthesize it, and create new insights and knowledge. "The Research Assistant" was designed using the Filemaker Pro relational database and can be set up in a networked environment to be used in…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology

Drabenstott, Karen M.; Weller, Marjorie S. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1996
This article studies the performance of online catalog user queries involving personal names and recommends system improvements based on the results. It examines various personal name queries, the construction of bibliographic data, and subject headings. Testing done on an experimental online catalog found search tree designs to reduce system…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Computer System Design, Cues, Data Analysis

Arp, Lori, Ed.; And Others – RQ, 1995
Addresses the importance of effective screen and menu design for online public access catalogs, and the responsibility of the instruction librarian to learn required technological information, such as MARC format, in order to influence design. Other concerns for those involved in screen design include screens for gateways, system modules, local…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Gateway Systems, Information Retrieval

Meghabghab, George V.; Meghabghab, Dania B. – Information Processing and Management, 1994
Presents an Intelligent Negotiating Neural Network Design Model for solving the problem of poor information retrieval in subject searches of online catalogs. The purpose of the network, its architecture, and three different sessions of the user interface are described. Nineteen figures showing screens of the three sessions are appended. (Contains…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Expert Systems, Illustrations, Information Retrieval

Chowdhury, G. G. – Journal of Documentation, 1999
A survey of recent publications shows that frequent topics of Internet and information retrieval research are the effectiveness of search engines, information validation and quality, user studies, design of user interfaces, data structures and metadata, classification and vocabulary based aids, and indexing and search agents. The changing balance…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Indexing