Metasearching in Boston College Libraries A case study of user reactions

Metasearching in Boston College Libraries A case study of user reactions

Metasearching in Boston College Libraries

A case study of user reactions

Tallent

Ed

Tallent, Ed

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2004 2004 monographic

2004

2004

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eng

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As the Boston College Libraries prepared to migrate to a new release of MetaLib, a metasearch and portal tool from Ex Libris, the library conducted some informal usability studies on its existing implementation. These studies combined conversations with undergraduate and graduate students about their research style and observations of students conducting searches using MetaQuest. This article reviews the main issues culled from this, focusing on student research style, asking if MetaLib, as an example of a metasearch engine, responds to this need, reviewing the existing MetaLib design issues, and finishes with pointers on where the Boston College Libraries are headed with this product.

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New Library World 0307-4803 105 1 69 75 pp. 69-75 2004

New Library World

New Library World

0307-4803

105 1 69 75 pp. 69-75 2004

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69 75 pp. 69-75

69

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pp. 69-75

2004

10.1108/03074800410515282

library staff publications library_pubs_1.pdf

library staff publications

library_pubs_1.pdf

MChB English eng

MChB

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