University Libraries Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Abstract
In early 2010, library staff at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in Ohio designed and conducted a usability study of key parts of the library website, focusing on the web pages generated by the library’s electronic resources management system (ERM) that list and describe the library’s databases. The goal was to discover how users find and choose e-resources and identify ways the library could improve access to e-resources through its web site. This article outlines the usability study conducted at BGSU, presents its conclusions about how students at BGSU find and choose databases, contextualizes these findings with other current research about user behavior, and makes recommendations for increasing student use of library e-resources.
Copyright Statement
Pre-print
Repository Citation
Fry, Amy and Rich, Linda, "Usability Testing for E-Resource Discovery: How Students Find & Choose E-Resources Using Library Websites" (2011). University Libraries Faculty Publications. 14.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/ul_pub/14
Publication Date
9-2011
Publication Title
Journal of Academic Librarianship
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2011.06.003
Start Page No.
386
End Page No.
401