October 2006 WebFeat Usability Focus Groups

Female 18-24 Freshman Library Instruction

UNIV101 ENGL101

Biology Biomedical Engineering Communications Criminology International Studies Public Relations Undecided

Easy | . | . | . | Hard 75% 25%

Yes | No 12.5% 87.5%

Easy | . | . | . | Hard 25% 37.5% 25% 12.5%

Easy | . | . | . | Hard | N/A 12.5% 12.5% 12.5% 62.5%

OverallEasy | . | . | . | Hard

87.5% 12.5%

Easy | . | . | . | Hard 75% 25%

Easy | . | . | . | Hard 50% 25% 25%

Yes | No | N/A 87.5% 12.5%

OverallEasy | . | . | . | Hard

50% 50%

Self-reported library expertise

62.5

2512.5

0

20

40

60

80

100

Familiarity with library resources

5 4 3 2 1

Will they use it?

62.5

37.5

0

20

40

60

80

100

WebFeat - how useful for your research?

5 4 3 2 1

Name Ballots

Best Cross Search EZ Find Gamecock Scholar Power Search SearchZone UniSearch USearCh

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Name Ballots

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