Quick Searching at the Library: A Usability Study on Combining Web Scale Discovery Tools for the Ultimate Search Interface

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  • February 28, 2019
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  • Arnold, Sarah
    • Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
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  • Research was conducted to develop a clear picture of user preference at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by having representative users answer questions about their use of the library in a questionnaire and following up with a usability test. The usability testing involved two main goals: first, participants compared two search pages, one with tabs similar to the current library homepage and one without that is similar to a Google interface. This first goal also tested the library's new combined search known as Articles + Catalog. The second portion of the tests involved having the participants respond to a proposed library homepage in order to gather feedback for a redesign project. The resulting data showed users preferred the tabbed widget, but overall participants were not averse to the use of the simple widget on the proposed library homepage since the information they found most important was still available.
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  • Haefele, Chad
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  • Master of Science in Library Science
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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