A user evaluation of subject based information gateways: case study ADAM

Nowadays, end-users have quick and direct access to massive amount of information available on the Net. However, this information is unorganized expecting users to be able to identify and evaluate it in accordance with their information needs. Subject based information Gateways SBIG, organized colle...

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Published inAslib proceedings Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 39 - 52
Main Authors Monopoli, Maria, Nicholas, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published MCB UP Ltd 01.02.2001
Subjects
Cataloguing
End users
Gateways
Internet
Network organization
Online information retrieval
Searching
Subject fields
User surveys
World Wide Web
Cataloguing
Network organization
Internet
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Summary:Nowadays, end-users have quick and direct access to massive amount of information available on the Net. However, this information is unorganized expecting users to be able to identify and evaluate it in accordance with their information needs. Subject based information Gateways SBIG, organized collections of networked information, provide users with a catalogue of authoritative Internet resources, which can be searched and or browsed. This paper provides an evaluation of one such gateway - the Art, Design, Architecture & Media Gateway ADAM. It provides information on who these users are, how often they use the service, what their reasons for use are, which search methods and services they prefer and what are the advantages and disadvantages of an online information service.
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DOI:10.1108/EUM0000000007036