Usability evaluation of an NHS library website
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Usability evaluation of an NHS library website.
OBJECTIVES To carry out a usability evaluation of the recently launched South London and Maudsley NHS Trust library website. METHODS A variety of standard methodologies were employed: content and design evaluation of selected comparable sites, focus groups, a questionnaire survey of library and Web development staff, heuristic evaluation, observation testing, card sorting/cluster analysis, an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Information & Libraries Journal
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1471-1834
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2532.2003.00450.x