A study into the usability of e-encyclopaedias

R. Wilson; J. Shortreed; M. Landoni

A study into the usability of e-encyclopaedias

R. Wilson, J. Shortreed, M. Landoni

Computer And Information Sciences

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Abstract

This paper describes a usability study performed on three different e-encyclopaedias, all of which were available on the web, contained similar content and targeted similar audiences, but differed in their styles of presentation. The purpose of the study was to discover the effectiveness of each design in terms of overall usability and subjective satisfaction, to extract general guidelines for the successful design of e-encyclopaedias, and to examine the requirements of different user groups.

Original language	English
Number of pages	5
Publication status	Published - 2004
Event	19th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2004) - Nicosia, Cyprus Duration: 14 Mar 2004 → 17 Mar 2004

Conference

Conference	19th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2004)
City	Nicosia, Cyprus
Period	14/03/04 → 17/03/04

Keywords

e-encyclopaedias
electronic encyclopaedias
usability
evaluation

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