Usability studies of faceted browsing: A literature review

Information Technology and Libraries

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 58-66

  Fagan, Jody Condit ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954005026     PISSN: 07309295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6017/ital.v29i2.3144     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (91)

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2. Kathryn La Barre, "Faceted Navigation and Browsing Features in New OPACS: Robust Support for Scholarly Information Seeking?" Knowledge Organization 34, no. 2 (2007): 82.
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7. Ibid., 61.Clustering versus faceted categories.
8. Ibid., 59. Hearst. Clustering versus faceted categorie.
9. Ibid.. 60. Clustering versus faceted categorie.
10. Wanda Pratt, Marti A. Hearst, and Lawrence M. Fagan, "A Knowledge-Based Approach to Organizing Retrieved Documents," Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, July 18-22, 1999, Orlando, Florida (Menlo Park, Calif.: AAAI Pr., 1999): 80-85.
11. Ibid. Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
12. Ibid., 5. Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
13. Ka-Ping Yee et al., "Faceted Metadata for Image Search and Browsing," 2003, http://flamenco.berkeley.edu/papers/flamenco-chi03.pdf (accessed Oct. 6,2008).
14. Ibid., 6. Faceted Metadata for Image Search and Browsing.
15. Ibid., 7. Faceted Metadata for Image Search and Browsing.
16. Ibid. Faceted Metadata for Image Search and Browsing.
17. Ibid., 8. Faceted Metadata for Image Search and Browsing.
18. Jennifer English et al., "Flexible Search and Navigation," 2002, http://flamenco.berkeley.edu/papers/flamenco02.pdf(accessed Apr. 22,2010).
19. Ibid., 7. Flexible Search and Navigation.
20. Ibid., 6. Flexible Search and Navigation.
21. Ibid., 7. Flexible Search and Navigation.
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23. Ibid., 25. Performance Measurement and Metrics.
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25. Ibid., 446. Proceedings of the 7th ACM-IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries.
26. Ibid., 450. Proceedings of the 7th ACM-IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries.
27. Junliang Zhang and Gary Marchionini, Evaluation and Evolution of a Browse and Search Interface: Relation Browser++ (Atlanta, Ga.: Digital Government Society of North America, 2005): 179-188
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34. Ibid., 555. Library Hi Tech.
35. Kathleen Bauer, "Yale University Library VuFind Test- Undergraduates," May 20, 2008, http://www.library.yale.edu/usability/ studies/summary-undergraduate.doc (accessed Apr. 27, 2010);
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38. Ibid., 2. Usability Test of VuFind As A Subject-Based Display of Ebooks.
39. Ibid., 3. Usability Test of VuFind As A Subject-Based Display of Ebooks.
40. Ibid. Usability Test of VuFind As A Subject-Based Display of Ebooks.
41. Ibid., 4. Usability Test of VuFind As A Subject-Based Display of Ebooks.
42. Ibid. Usability Test of VuFind As A Subject-Based Display of Ebooks
43. Ibid., 5. Usability Test of VuFind As A Subject-Based Display of Ebooks.
44. Ibid., 8. Usability Test of VuFind As A Subject-Based Display of Ebooks.
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55. Yee et al., "Faceted Metadata for Image Search and Browsing";
56. English et al., "Flexible Search and Navigation."
57. Uddin and Janecek, "Performance and Usability Testing"; Zhang and Marchionini, Evaluation and Evolution;
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59. Uddin and Janecek, "Performance and Usability Testing."
60. Ibid.; Uddin and Janecek, Performance and Usability Testing.
61. Pratt, Hearst, and Fagan, "A Knowledge-Based Approach";
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66. Yee et al., "Faceted Metadata for Image Search and Browsing";
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79. Zhang and Marchionini, Evaluation and Evolution, 183.
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81. Ibid., 6. Flexible Search and Navigation.
82. Zhang and Marchionini, Evaluation and Evolution.
83. Capra et al., "Effects of Structure and Interaction Style."
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85. English et al., "Flexible Search and Navigation."
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