Multitasking Made Easy: Supporting Academic Writing in Digital Libraries with an Ambient Search System

Purpose The study aims to propose the use of the semiotics inspection method (SIM) which is an interpretative and qualitative method from semiotics engineering (SE) for the evaluation of the communicability of systems and to evaluate digital libraries and information retrieval systems (IRS). The paper presents the results of the application of this method in the evaluation of the quality of the communicability of the interface and search system of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) Portal of e-Journals, a major scientific digital library in Brazil. There are proposed solutions to improve this system included. Design/methodology/approach The study used the SIM to evaluate the system. Two evaluators inspected the system. They performed the comparison and the analysis of three types of metamessages (metalinguistic, static and dynamic). The metamessages generated by the evaluators were contrasted to find inconsistencies and ambiguities in the CAPES Portal of e-Journals. Finally, the last step of the method was the final assessment about the inspection. Findings The evaluators identified 52 problems of communicability. These problems were ranked according to severity ratings established by Nielsen (1994). They were grouped in ten types of problems present in the interface and in the search system of the CAPES Portal of e-Journals. Originality value This research contributes theoretically to the field of information retrieval and to the area of human–computer interaction and, in particular, to the theory of SE by adapting SE methods that allow the evaluation of communicability to the context of the scientific IRS. Results obtained through scientific methods should contribute to development of the interface and search tools of IRS to better support query formulation and retrieval of relevant information and more efficiently satisfy the information needs of individuals.

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Cognitive styles within an exploratory search system for digital libraries

Journal of Documentation ◽

10.1108/jd-03-2014-0045 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 70 (6) ◽

pp. 970-996 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Paula Goodale ◽

Paul David Clough ◽

Samuel Fernando ◽

Nigel Ford ◽

Mark Stevenson

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Cognitive Style ◽

Digital Library ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Cognitive Abilities ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Search System ◽

Content Type ◽

User Attitudes ◽

Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of cognitive style on navigating a large digital library of cultural heritage information; specifically, the paper focus on the wholist/analytic dimension as experienced in the field of educational informatics. The hypothesis is that wholist and analytic users have characteristically different approaches when they explore, search and interact with digital libraries, which may have implications for system design. Design/methodology/approach – A detailed interactive IR evaluation of a large cultural heritage digital library was undertaken, along with the Riding CSA test. Participants carried out a range of information tasks, and the authors analysed their task performance, interactions and attitudes. Findings – The hypothesis on the differences in performance and behaviour between wholist and analytic users is supported. However, the authors also find that user attitudes towards the system are opposite to expectations and that users give positive feedback for functionality that supports activities in which they are cognitively weaker. Research limitations/implications – There is scope for testing results in a larger scale study, and/or with different systems. In particular, the findings on user attitudes warrant further investigation. Practical implications – Findings on user attitudes suggest that systems which support areas of weakness in users’ cognitive abilities are valued, indicating an opportunity to offer diverse functionality to support different cognitive weaknesses. Originality/value – A model is proposed suggesting a converse relationship between behaviour and attitudes; to support individual users displaying search/navigation behaviour mapped onto the strengths of their cognitive style, but placing greater value on interface features that support aspects in which they are weaker.

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Kikori-KS: An Effective and Efficient Keyword Search System for Digital Libraries in XML

Digital Libraries: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ◽

10.1007/11931584_42 ◽

2006 ◽

pp. 390-399 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Toshiyuki Shimizu ◽

Norimasa Terada ◽

Masatoshi Yoshikawa

Keyword(s):

Digital Libraries ◽

Keyword Search ◽

Search System

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Information-seeking in multilingual digital libraries

Library Hi Tech ◽

10.1108/lht-06-2019-0119 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hany M. Alsalmi

Keyword(s):

Digital Library ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Information Seeking ◽

Black College ◽

Community Research ◽

Information Seeking Behavior ◽

Search System ◽

Content Type ◽

Seeking Behavior ◽

And Behavior

Purpose Less attention has been paid to users’ interactions and behavior in studying multilingual search. Although digital library researchers have yet to assess user interaction and behavior in multilingual search, they have concurred that there is a need for user studies that document the extent to which information retrieval systems meet multilingual users’ needs and expectations. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This study is composed of five individual cases. The case study participants were Saudi students enrolled either at a large state university or Historically Black College and University located in the same community. Research questions are, what do Saudi Digital Library (SDL) users experience when searching within the SDL in Arabic and English? And what strategies do they use if they fail to find resources? Data collected for this study were via a qualitative method called video-stimulated recall. Findings In the Arabic search tasks, participants realized that finding resources is not easy. Participants expressed their concerns about the lack of relevance and accuracy of results returned by the search system, indicating weak trust and confidence in the search system. Whereas in the English search task, participants felt more satisfied and confident in their ability to trust the results returned from the search system. Participants expressed their satisfaction in the search experience as it provided them with accurate and varying resources. The participants faced difficulties finding Arabic resources than English resources in the SDL. Originality/value This study is considered one of the earliest works in studying the information-seeking behavior of multilingual digital libraries in the Arabic language. The value of this study arises as being the first study to investigate and report the information-seeking behavior of SDL users.

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Disciplining Search/Searching Disciplines: Perspectives from Academic Communities on Metasearch Quality Indicators

First Monday ◽

10.5210/fm.v11i8.1381 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Rohit Chopra ◽

Aaron Krowne

Keyword(s):

Focus Groups ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Qualitative Methodology ◽

Quality Metrics ◽

Search System ◽

Academic Communities ◽

Emory University ◽

Foundational Research ◽

Key Aspects ◽

Funded Research Project

“Quality Metrics” is an IMLS–funded research project which aims to address longstanding deficits in the formal conceptual support for and development of scholarly digital libraries. Central to attaining these goals is collecting and analyzing feedback from stakeholders in the scholarly community about the efficacy and value of key aspects of search technologies; including search interfaces, modalities, and results displays. A team at Emory University conducted this foundational research by utilizing the qualitative methodology of focus groups. In addition to an initial set of exploratory focus groups, the team conducted a second round of focus group sessions with a protoype search system specially designed for scholarly digital libraries. This paper describes the concept, objectives, methodology, and findings of the focus groups component of the Quality Metrics Project.

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How to write a lot: A practical guide to productive academic writing (2007): Book review

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e582172011-008 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Hannah Fish ◽

Danielle Palmer ◽

Anisa Goforth ◽

John S. Carlson ◽

Tami Mannes ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Academic Writing ◽

Practical Guide

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CORPUS LINGUISTICS, LANGUAGE CORPORA AND LANGUAGE TEACHING

ENGLISH JOURNAL ◽

10.32832/english.v14i2.3845 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 75

Author(s):

Eska Perdana Prasetya ◽

Anita Dewi Ekawati ◽

Deni Sapta Nugraha ◽

Ahmad Marzuq ◽

Tiara Saputri Darlis

Keyword(s):

Academic Writing ◽

Corpus Linguistics ◽

Language Use ◽

Language Teaching ◽

Applied Linguistics

<span lang="EN-GB">This research is about Corpus Linguistics, Language Corpora, And Language Teaching. As we know about this science is relatively new and is associated with technology. There are several areas discussed in this study such as several important parts of the corpus, the information generated in the corpus, four main characteristics of the corpus, Types of Corpora, Corpora in Language Teaching, several types that could be related to corpus research, Applications of corpus linguistics to language teaching may be direct or indirect. The field of applied linguistics analyses large collections of written and spoken texts, which have been carefully designed to represent specific domains of language use, such as informal speech or academic writing.</span>

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The prospects for IRBIS development: The new product - IRBIS64+

Scientific and Technical Libraries ◽

10.33186/1027-3689-2017-11-65-74 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 65-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alexander Brodovsky ◽

Konstantin Sboichakov ◽

Vladimir Sokolovsky

Keyword(s):

Digital Libraries ◽

New Product ◽

Automation System ◽

Library Automation ◽

Expanded Access ◽

Access Right

IRBIS64+ - the new product of IRBIS Library Automation System designed for building and maintaining digital libraries, is introduced. IRBIS64+ new functionality is revealed. New possibilities for users, including those with expanded access right, are described. The IRBIS64+ modules are named.

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