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Electronic resource discovery systems: from user behaviour to design

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Hanna Stelmaszewska,

B. L. William Wong,

Simon Attfield,

Raymond ChenAuthors Info & Claims

NordiCHI '10: Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries

Pages 483 - 492

https://doi.org/10.1145/1868914.1868969

Published: 16 October 2010 Publication History

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Information seeking is a central part of academic development for both students and researchers. However, this is often hindered by complex and highly complicated electronic resource discovery systems. One approach to improving these resources is to understand the difficulties and likely causes of problems when using current systems and how people develop their searching, retrieval and storage strategies. These might provide useful information about the requirements for future design. In this paper we present our findings from UBiRD, a project investigating user search behaviour in electronic resource discovery systems based on a qualitative study of 34 users from three UK universities. We then describe how the information gathered during the study helped inform the design of INVISQUE, a novel non-conventional interface for searching and querying on-line scholarly information. In addition, the theories and design principles used during the INVISQUE design are discussed.

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Electronic resource discovery systems: from user behaviour to design
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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DOI:10.1145/1868914

General Chairs:
Ebba Þóra Hvannberg
University of Iceland, Iceland
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Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir
Reykjavik University, Iceland
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University College London
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Jan Gulliksen
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

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Leebaw DConlan BGonnerman KJohnston SSinkler-Miller C(2013)Improving Library Resource Discovery: Exploring the Possibilities of VuFind and Web-Scale DiscoveryJournal of Web Librarianship10.1080/19322909.2013.7858257:2(154-189)Online publication date: Apr-2013
https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2013.785825
Wong BVarga M(2012)Black Holes, Keyholes And Brown Worms: Challenges In Sense MakingProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting10.1177/107118131256106756:1(287-291)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2012
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