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Courtney McDonald; Nicole Trujillo – College & Research Libraries, 2024
This paper compares website usability--specifically library users' understanding of library terms--for fifty-one original research studies between 2012-2021, with the findings of John Kupersmith's 2011 white paper "Library Terms That Users Understand." Studies reported approximately twice as many terms that users didn't understand than…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Users (Information), Web Sites, Usability
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Christine J. Neilson; Zahra Premji – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
The literature search underpins data collection for all systematic reviews (SRs). The SR reporting guideline PRISMA, and its extensions, aim to facilitate research transparency and reproducibility, and ultimately improve the quality of research, by instructing authors to provide specific research materials and data upon publication of the…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Information Retrieval, Guidelines, Computer Software
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Alexander Pachanov; Catharina Münte; Julian Hirt; Dawid Pieper – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
While geographic search filters exist, few of them are validated and there are currently none that focus on Germany. We aimed to develop and validate a highly sensitive geographic search filter for MEDLINE (PubMed) that identifies studies about Germany. First, using the relative recall method, we created a gold standard set of studies about…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Information Retrieval, Online Searching, Web Sites
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Rachel Brown-Chidsey; Amy N. Scott; Laura Hauerwas; Amanda Nalls – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2024
Most U.S. states have laws related to supporting students with dyslexia, including dyslexia screening, intervention, and teacher training. Additionally, 40 states have published dyslexia handbooks that include information about defining dyslexia, screening, core instruction, intervention, and progress monitoring. This study utilized a qualitative…
Descriptors: Guides, Dyslexia, Parent Materials, Educational Legislation