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  1. Find Articles David Lindahl Web Initiatives Manager River Campus Libraries University of Rochester

  2. Usability Issues • Choosing a database • Using a database • Expectations • OPAC versus database • Terminology

  3. Expectation • “Users expected to be able to enter simple search terms into a single interface and retrieve the full range of materials available.” (Cockrell and Jayne 129) • Google-like searching Cockrell, B. J., Jayne, E. A. "How do I find an article? Insights from a Web usability study." The Journal of Academic Librarianship 28 no3 (May 2002): 122-132.

  4. What the Libraries Did • User interface development • Technology integration • Usability testing • Vendor partnership • Training

  5. Technologies • Database driven web pages (SQL) • Dynamic web pages (ColdFusion) • Linking service (SFX) • Meta-search (Encompass) • Standards (OpenURL, XML)

  6. Why Encompass? • Customizable user interface (XML) • OPAC integration

  7. Encompass Interface Search Select Database Select Article Article Detail Full Text

  8. Encompass Interface Search Select Database Select Article Article Detail Full Text

  9. Why Change the UI? • Consistency with library website • UI design standards • Incorporate current academic library usability research • Create a Google-like user interface

  10. Hide The Technology • Technology integration • Linking (SFX, LinkFinderPlus) • Meta-search • Catalog • Interlibrary loan • Access from home (VPN) • Task-oriented pathways

  11. FRBR User Tasks • Find • Identify • Select • Acquire More information: http://www.ifla.org

  12. Find Articles (Gather) Full Text Select Article Search

  13. Find Articles (Gather) Full Text Select Article Search

  14. Subscription DB Library Web Server ERA Server How It Works (Gather) Full Text Select Article Search

  15. Setup 1 • Define DMD (qualified Dublin Core) • Included DTD files • MARC.DTD (Z39.50 and Voyager) • HSE.DTD (HTTP Connectors) • PUBMED.DTD • SDIRECT.DTD • Create Mappings

  16. Setup 2 • Included Connector files • MARC.XSL (Z39.50 and Voyager) • HTTP.XSL (HTTP Connectors) • Holdings.XSL (Voyager, JSTOR) • SD.XSL • PubMed.XSL • Setup Connectors

  17. XML Programming • Simsearch.xsl • Runs “SHOW ALL” in OTHERWISE (Gather) Full Text Select Article Search

  18. XML Programming • Results.xsl • JavaScript paging function • Fixed & and " title issue • Linking to full text (Gather) Full Text Select Article Search

  19. Linking To Full Text • Use RE to test input variables • Determine full-text available • Based on item type and database • Create canned URL • Double dip • Requires published or discovered syntax

  20. Fields • GENRE • ISSN or ISBN • ATITLE (journal-article title) • TITLE (book title) • JTITLE (journal title) • AUFIRST (author first name) • AULAST • VOLUME • ISSUE • DATE • SPAGE (start page)

  21. Meta-search Issues • Index vs. Meta-search • How search terms are applied • How results are returned • Limit to full text • Connectors

  22. What’s Next • Subject clusters • Better integration • Testing across range of users • SFX instancing • Catalog instancing • Abstracts on selection screen

  23. Find Articles David Lindahl Web Initiatives Manager River Campus Libraries University of Rochester dlindahl@library.rochester.edu

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