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Enhancing Website Research Groups' Results Evaluation

This study categorizes common issues within various research groups' results into five categories: Design, Functionality, Search, Usability, and Resources. Recommendations include changes to website design elements, functionalities, search capabilities, and resources accessibility. Suggestions are based on feedback from focus groups, comparative studies, expert reviews, on-site observations, and usability assessments.

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Enhancing Website Research Groups' Results Evaluation

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  1. Requirements Camille Riviere

  2. Divided common issues found within each research group’s results into 5 categories. • Design • Functionality • Search • Usability • Resources

  3. Design • Focus Group, Comparative Study & On-Site Observation: • Darker background • Colors can help highlight important application • Help distinguish different sources • Focus Group & Usability Group: • Drop down menus • Expert Review: • Consistent style, links, images, sidebar and head navigation • Focus Group & On-Site Observation Group: • Customized virtual space

  4. Functionality • Focus Group • Rating System • On-Site Observation Group • Major and subject specific profiles • Save favorite databases and side notes • All Groups • ‘Ask a Librarian’ application • Focus Group & Comparative Study • Organizing information by context, help, tutorials and how to links • On-Site Group & Focus Group • More Classes to teach students how to use the website

  5. Search • Usability Group: • Better organization in terms of author & title • Focus Group: • Need for advance search app on the homepage • Research should be organized by majors &subjects

  6. Usability • Focus Group & On-Site Observation • Not enough training on use of Website • Questionnaire Group & Usability Group • Improve search facilities & presentation • Expert Review • Book searches should include Excerpts & Map • Comparative Study • Distinction between physical & digital catalogue • Simplify Vocabulary • On-Site Observation Group & Focus Group • To much time to find resources • Students rather use quicker search engines

  7. Resources • Comparative Group • Access to partner libraries • Focus Group • Great resources are available, but most students don’t know how to access them

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