1 Innovative Uses of Metasearch: Integration of Metasearch with Other Services David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
Searching EBSCOhost A guide to searching and retrieving information from the EBSCOhost Databases.
Advertisements

Usability and Metasearch at Rochester Stanley Wilder University of Rochester (585)
Resources for GOVT 387, Fall 2006 Dr. Tony Fonseca Serials Librarian
Using Off Campus Library Services © Off Campus Library Services.
BC Integration of Systems and Resources MetaLib at Boston College Theresa Lyman Digital Resources Reference Librarian Boston College Libraries.
River Campus Libraries Find Articles Fourth Generation Design For Federated Searching at the University of Rochester Brenda Reeb, Usability David Lindahl,
1 Pathways to Library Resources David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives Jeff Suszczynski Lead Developer.
Using the Education databases Kate Walker Education Librarian
River Campus Libraries Creating Usable User Interfaces (with Voyager, Encompass, and SFX) David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives
1 Innovative Uses of Metasearch: Integration of Metasearch with Other Services David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives
River Campus Libraries Find Articles Fourth Generation Design For Federated Searching at the University of Rochester Brenda Reeb, Usability David Lindahl,
River Campus Libraries CUIPID Catalog User-Interface Platform for Iterative Development David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives River Campus.
River Campus Libraries Find Articles Fourth Generation Design For Federated Searching at the University of Rochester Brenda Reeb, Usability David Lindahl,
1 Focus on the User User Centered Design for Finding Articles David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives University of Rochester Libraries
River Campus Libraries Find Articles Fourth Generation Design For Federated Searching at the University of Rochester Brenda Reeb, Usability David Lindahl,
River Campus Libraries Find Articles Fourth Generation Design For Federated Searching Brenda Reeb, Usability David Lindahl, Digital Initiatives.
River Campus Libraries Find Articles Fourth Generation Design For Federated Searching at the University of Rochester Brenda Reeb, Usability David Lindahl,
River Campus Libraries Find Articles Fourth Generation Design For Federated Searching at the University of Rochester Brenda Reeb, Usability David Lindahl,
University of Rochester / River Campus Libraries CUIPID 3 How to build a faceted searching and browsing interface for your library catalog David Lindahl.
1 Focus on the User User Centered Design for Finding Articles David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives University of Rochester Libraries
1 Focus on the User User Centered Design for Finding Articles David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives University of Rochester Libraries
River Campus Libraries Creating Usable User Interfaces With Voyager®, ENCompass™ and Open URL Resolvers David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives.
River Campus Libraries Creating Usable User Interfaces (with Voyager, Encompass, and SFX) David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives
River Campus Libraries Metadata That Supports Real User Needs David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives University of Rochester Libraries.
1 Find Articles 2 Using Metasearch to Get Users to Full-Text David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives University of Rochester Libraries
River Campus Libraries GUF: Getting Users to Full-Text ( With Voyager®, ENCompass™, OpenURL, etc.) Jeff Suszczynski Senior Web Developer
1 Innovative Uses of Metasearch: Integration of Metasearch with Other Services David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives
University of Rochester / River Campus Libraries CUIPID 4 How to build a faceted searching and browsing interface for your library catalog David Lindahl.
To locate the full text of your article... you need to know how to read a citation to a periodical article.
River Campus Libraries Creating Usable User Interfaces (with Voyager, Encompass, and SFX) David Lindahl, Digital Initiatives Manager
River Campus Libraries Metadata That Supports Real User Needs Jennifer Bowen Head of Cataloging University of Rochester Libraries David Lindahl Director.
1 Innovative Uses of Metasearch: Integration of Metasearch with Other Services David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives
River Campus Libraries Creating Usable User Interfaces (with Voyager, Encompass, and SFX) David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives
1 Pathways to Library Resources David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives Jeff Suszczynski Lead Developer.
River Campus Libraries Find Articles A Web Redesign for ENCompass David Lindahl Web Initiatives Manager River Campus Libraries University of Rochester.
River Campus Libraries User Centered Design Process Brenda Reeb, Usability David Lindahl, Digital Initiatives Susan Cardinal, Science Libraries.
River Campus Libraries Find Articles A Web Redesign for ENCompass David Lindahl Web Initiatives Manager River Campus Libraries University of Rochester.
WS Locating Information Sources, Spring 2005 Searching for Books Use a library Catalog Use a variety of searches Keyword – flexible, but may not.
River Campus Libraries Find Articles A Web Redesign for ENCompass David Lindahl Web Initiatives Manager River Campus Libraries University of Rochester.
River Campus Libraries Find Articles Fourth Generation Design For Federated Searching at the University of Rochester Brenda Reeb, Usability David Lindahl,
River Campus Libraries Creating Usable User Interfaces (with Voyager, Encompass, and SFX) David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives
1 Innovative Uses of Metasearch: Rethinking Metasearch for a Better User Experience David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives
Tutorial Holdings Management Adding, Editing, and Assigning Full Text Finder Links support.ebsco.com.
River Campus Libraries User Centered Design Process Brenda Reeb, Usability David Lindahl, Digital Initiatives Susan Cardinal, Science Libraries.
River Campus Libraries Metadata That Supports Real User Needs Jennifer Bowen Head of Cataloging University of Rochester Libraries David Lindahl Director.
1 Innovative Uses of Metasearch: Rethinking Metasearch for a Better User Experience David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives
UEL Library Resources - Databases Simone Okolo Subject Librarian – ADI
Finding Article, Magazine and Newspaper Articles Library 150 Week 6.
Searching ERIC Some quick tips for effectively searching ERIC for educational research. Laura A. Ewald Assistant Librarian in Public Services Ruby E. Dare.
Finding journal articles online & in print Biology /29/07.
Information Searching Skills for MA Researching Society Module 1.Searching Encore – print and electronic resources 2.Locating journal articles from citations.
Comprehensive user education to successfully navigate the Internet Part 1 - Introduction Course developed by University Library of Debrecen.
ENG 102 Library Instruction Ning Zou :: Reference & Instruction Librarian.
How do I? Request an Interlibrary Loan using the OCLC First Search Database?
WorldCat Local & World Cat Quick Start a new way to search your library’s resources and the world beyond.
1 IAMSLIC Resource Sharing Committee,  IAMSLIC facilitates international resource sharing among aquatic and marine science libraries and information.
User Centered Design David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives University of Rochester Libraries.
World Cat World wide catalog of libraries in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
Resources for GOVT 325, Fall 2006 Dr. Tony Fonseca Serials Librarian
WORLDCAT TUTORIAL WorldCat Tutorial / 1 Tel: Lisa Jarrell Instructional Services Librarian Brenda Yates Habich Information Services.
Using the Library Effectively Finding the resources you need to succeed with Mr. Pickman’s research paper (some links will not work unless you are logged.
Search Strategies & Catalog Instruction Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa.
Getting to the library.
Next-Generation Melvyl Pilot supported by WorldCat Local: The Future of Searching UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA LIBRARIES The UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA LIBRARIES.
Finding Full-text Articles in Periodicals in the Library By Barbara J. Hampton, J.D., M.L.S. Reference Librarian Ryan-Matura Library, Sacred Heart U.
Adding , Editing, and Assigning Full Text Finder Links
WorldCat.ORG is the world's largest network of library content.
Finding Periodicals in the Library
Finding Periodicals in the Library
Finding Research for History
Presentation transcript:

1 Innovative Uses of Metasearch: Integration of Metasearch with Other Services David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives Jeff Suszczynski Senior Web Developer

2 Understand your users Design Process –Users versus stakeholders –Designer –Usability Testing User Research –Work practice study –User Centered design –Participatory Design

3 Issues: Metasearch users must… Choose a database or subject Follow long click-paths that often dead-end Resubmit their searches mid-session Navigate results that are not organized, precise or comprehensive

4 Finding Articles Serial failure Find Articles –By database –By subject –By keyword –By course Usability Testing

5 Course Webpages Replacement for course reserves system Able to include relevant library resources on the pages Connect students to their librarian Successful Helps to solve the “choose a database” problem.

6 User Research at Rochester Study of Undergraduates Techniques Retrospective Interviews Reality-TV recording Cultural Probes Outcomes Facilities Reference Web Services

7 GUF: Getting Users to Full-text Attempt to deal with: –Follow long click-paths that often dead-end –Resubmit their searches mid-session Title links on metasearch results screen take the user to one of these: –Full-text –Print-holdings information with map –Pre-filled interlibrary loan request form

8 GUF: Getting Users to Full-text For full-text: follow links, prefetch pages, try another source on error; for print: check holdings statements, group editions to find a “good-enough” copy. Services consumed by GUF: –OpenURL resolver –Print holdings database (developed for GUF) –Library catalog –OCLC xISBN service –Google Spellchecking –FindArticles.Com

9 Navigating Results Navigate results that are not organized, precise or comprehensive How to solve this? –FRBR –Provide results that are grouped by their relationships –Better that relevance ranking –Offer the ability to manipulate the result set (interact with it to narrow your search – no set limits in advance – often you don’t know what your looking for – pick a topic)

10 Innovative Uses of Metasearch: Integration of Metasearch with Other Services David Lindahl Director of Digital Library Initiatives Jeff Suszczynski Senior Web Developer