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Bahde, Anne – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2017
This paper explores possibilities for marrying data visualization to online archival finding aids, which have continually suffered from usability issues in their long history. This paper describes a project in which two different data visualization models were built to replace sections of an archival finding aid. Users were then shown the models,…
Descriptors: Visualization, Archives, Data, Usability
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Sánchez Vera, Ma. del Mar; Tomás Fernández Breis, Jesualdo; Serrano Sánchez, José Luis; Prendes Espinosa, Ma. Paz – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2013
Semantic Web technologies have been applied in educational settings for different purposes in recent years, with the type of application being mainly defined by the way in which knowledge is represented and exploited. The basic technology for knowledge representation in Semantic Web settings is the ontology, which represents a common, shareable…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Online Systems, Instructional Development, Instructional Design
Shepherd, Michael A.; Watters, Carolyn – Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1992
Characterizes information retrieval systems in a network environment from a user's perspective along two axes: query and presentation. Several examples of early, current, and developing information retrieval systems are considered within this framework, and Daltext, a prototype system to support research on text-based retrieval systems, is…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Networks, Database Design, Information Networks
Lee, Eric; And Others – Canadian Journal of Information Science, 1987
The first of three articles reports the effectiveness of a feature-matching approach to computer retrieval of graphic information. The second discusses the use of multivariate techniques to measure perceived complexity of database searching by users. The third explores the limitations of user consultation in database design. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Database Design, Databases, Difficulty Level
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Johnston, Sarah Hager – Information Technology and Libraries, 1989
Describes a survey of library systems and software vendors that examined the sources, management, and use of authority records in their systems and the functions of an authority control module within an integrated system. Several tables and graphs offer summaries and comparisons of vendors' offerings and capabilities. The questionnaire used is…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Database Design
Wisconsin Univ. - Stout, Menomonie. Center for Vocational, Technical and Adult Education. – 1996
A project was conducted to compile integrated and applied curriculum resources, develop databases on the World Wide Web, and encourage networking for high school and technical college educators through an Internet discussion group. Activities conducted during the project include the creation of a web page to guide users to resource banks…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Computer Uses in Education, Database Design, Databases
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Neuman, Delia – Educational Technology, Research and Development, 1993
This article reports results of a case study of text-based online and CD-ROM databases that identified design characteristics that are important to high school students' use for higher-level learning as well as for information access and retrieval. Implications for the design of databases are suggested. (Contains 62 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Database Design