Blogs about: Search Interface

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Separate HTML pages for individual records3 comments

Nick wrote 1 day ago: I’m returning here to an old theme that is still nagging away at the back of my mind and that … more →

Tags: Adapting intraLibrary, DSpace, EPrints, "resource discovery", SRU

Search Directgov via IE8 and actually IE7 and Firefox

peterjordan wrote 3 months ago: If you download Internet Explorer v8 you can use the new ‘accelerator’ feature to select … more →

Tags: Search

the incidental opac

gonzobrarian wrote 5 months ago: Librarians, I’ve come to understand, facilitate things.  Just like those late-night, seedy, ev … more →

Tags: search engines / OPACs, online searching, visual search, search habits, OPAC, aquabrowser, IMCPL, Information Retrieval

split search

frosty wrote 5 months ago: pain point: i use my google search box as a shortcut to the web. atleast 95% of my queries are thi … more →

Tags: Web Stuff, Google App Engine, yahoo boss

Using the search interface (or interfaces) to search the repository for different types of content.

Nick wrote 7 months ago: The search interface – http://repository.leedsmet.ac.uk/main/index.php – is now returnin … more →

Tags: Adapting intraLibrary, Metadata, SRU, Search

Google Search-based Keyword Tool

peterjordan wrote 8 months ago: Google has introduced a new Search-based Keyword Tool which generates keyword and landing page ideas … more →

Tags: SEM, SEO, Google, keywords, Search

Organisational structure, metadata and resource discovery3 comments

Nick wrote 9 months ago: In terms of the organisational structure and metadata for our repository we must consider that: Res … more →

Tags: Adapting intraLibrary, Metadata, organisation, Structure, Browse

Staff Development Festival

Nick wrote 10 months ago: Leeds Met is a University of Festivals, we are often told, and the next fortnight will be the Staff … more →

Tags: Advocacy, Staff Development Festival, Iris's, SCUBA, Romeo

Getting there, slowly but surely1 comment

Nick wrote 11 months ago: The Repository is really starting to take shape; the search interface has now been installed on a de … more →

Tags: Adapting intraLibrary, Iris's, Staff Development Festival, Persona, Google

Repository Steering Group meeting: 22nd July 20083 comments

Nick wrote 12 months ago: The staff development festival in September is a unique opportunity to promote the repository and ou … more →

Tags: steering group, Advocacy, SRU, Policies, authentication, Staff Development Festival, Configuration, content structure, landing screen

interface-lift

gonzobrarian wrote 12 months ago: Take the following scenario, infomaniacs, and do with it what you will: A patron has approached you … more →

Tags: databases / metadata, EBSCO, visual search

OVID-SP gives me RSI2 comments

laikaspoetnik wrote 1 year ago: O.k. I don’t type well, have no ergonomic keyboard, mouse, chair or whatsoever, no software t … more →

Tags: Ovid, Searching, Databases, Ovid SP, RSI, userfriendliness

RSS feeds for search results

peterjordan wrote 1 year ago: I did a web search for ‘RSS feeds for search results’ and found a Live Search blog entry … more →

Tags: Search, RSS

Search behaviour patterns

peterjordan wrote 1 year ago: John Ferrara writes an excellent piece at Boxes and Arrows on designing for different Search behavio … more →

Tags: Design, search behaviour

Progressive disclosure of search options

peterjordan wrote 1 year ago: Writing recently at Boxes and Arrows, Stephen Turbek advocates Advancing Advanced Search. I agree wi … more →

Tags: Advanced search

Strategies for improving enterprise search

peterjordan wrote 1 year ago: John Ferrara argues the importance of going beyond the out-of-box experience at Boxes and Arrows Sep … more →

Tags: Search

Information behaviours

peterjordan wrote 1 year ago: “People don’t understand their own information behaviors, and they don’t really understand much abou … more →

Tags: Search, search behaviour, Long Tail, Personalisation

GoPubMed

peterjordan wrote 1 year ago: An interesting use of facets based on an ontology. Sorting abstracts according to the concept hiera … more →

Tags: ontology

The seven deadly sins of site search according to Vivisimo

peterjordan wrote 1 year ago: A Vivisimo white paper, available at searchdoneright.com lists the seven deadly sins of site search … more →

Tags: Search


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