Document (#18945)

Author

Sowards, S.W.

Title

¬A typology for ready reference Web sites in libraries

Source

http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue3_5/sowards/index.html

Year

1996

Abstract

Many libraries manage Web sites intended to provide their users with online resources suitable for answering reference questions. Most of these sites can be analyzed in terms of their depth, and their organizing and searching features. Composing a typology based on these factors sheds light on the critical design decisions that influence whether users of these sites succees or fail to find information easily, rapidly and accurately. The same analysis highlights some larger design issues, both for Web sites and for information management at large

Footnote

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Theme

Internet
Informationsdienstleistungen

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