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User Studies Informing E-Table Interfaces.
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Marchionini, Gary; Mu, Xiangming – Information Processing & Management, 2003
Describes a series of user studies used to advance understanding of how people use electronic tables (E-tables) and inform the development of a Web-based statistical table browser for use by non-specialists. Results of needs assessment, prototype development, and user studies provide a foundation for understanding E-tables in general and guiding…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Needs Assessment, Statistical Data
Controlled and Uncontrolled Vocabulary Subject Searching in an Academic Library Online Catalog.
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Peters, Thomas A.; Kurth, Martin – Information Technology and Libraries, 1991
Describes an analysis of transaction logs of the online catalog at the University of Missouri-Kansas City that examined patron use of both controlled and uncontrolled vocabulary subject access during the same search session. Hypotheses tested are discussed, and recommendations are made for library instruction and online catalog design. (six…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer System Design, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing
Designing Information Systems for User Abilities and Tasks: An Experimental Study.
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Allen, Bryce – Online & CD-ROM Review, 1998
Reports on an experiment in which detailed logging of the use of experimental information systems was used to determine the optimal configuration of the systems for users. Results suggest that systems can be created for users by analysis of the interaction of design features with personal characteristics such as cognitive abilities. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Ability, Computer System Design, Design Requirements
A Detailed Analysis of End-User Search Behaviors.
Wildemuth, Barbara M.; And Others – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Discussion of search strategy formulation focuses on a study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that analyzed how medical students developed and revised search strategies for microbiology database searches. Implications for future research on search behavior, for system interface design, and for end user training are suggested. (16…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Databases, Higher Education, Man Machine Systems
Multiple Search Sessions by End-Users of Online Catalogs and CD-ROM Databases.
Spink, Amanda; Beatty, Leslie – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1995
Results are reported from a study that investigated the extent to which academic library end users conducted multiple search sessions with online public access catalogs or CD-ROM databases at different stages of their information seeking related to a research project. Implications for training, retrieval systems design, and further research are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer System Design, Databases, Higher Education
The Development of a Museum Multimedia Program and the Effect of Audio on User Completion Rate.
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Chadwick, John – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 1992
Discusses the role of interactive multimedia in museums; describes the development and design at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History of a multimedia program on water conservation; analyzes the effect of the presence of audio on the users' completion of the program; and discusses evaluation of the program. (10 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Auditory Stimuli, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation