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Foster, Anita K.; MacDonald, Jean B. – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2013
Web-scale discovery systems are gaining momentum among academic libraries as libraries seek a means to provide their users with a one-stop searching experience. Illinois State University's Milner Library found itself in the unique position of having access to two distinct discovery products, EBSCO Discovery Service and Serials Solutions' Summon.…
Descriptors: Usability, Search Engines, Online Searching, Search Strategies
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Swanson, Troy A.; Green, Jeremy – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2011
In the Fall of 2009, the Moraine Valley Community College Library, using guidelines developed by Jakob Nielsen, conducted a usability study to determine how students were using the library Web site and to inform the redesign of the Web site. The authors found that Moraine Valley's current gateway design was a more effective access point to library…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Libraries, Usability, Web Sites
Abouserie, Hossam Eldin Mohamed Refaat – Online Submission, 2007
The purpose of this study was to explore and investigate the ways faculty at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign use Networked Information Sources And Services to support their research task. Library and Information Sciences faculty at the University of Illinois were chosen as…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Research, Researchers, Academic Rank (Professional)