The human factors of journal usage and the design of electronic text
(1989) The human factors of journal usage and the design of electronic text . Interacting with Computers 1(2):pp. 183-189.
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This item is not the definitive copy. Please use the following citation when referencing this material: Dillon, A., Richardson, J. and McKnight, C. (1989) The human factors of journal usage and the design of electronic text. Interacting with Computers, 1(2), 183- 189. Abstract: The present paper reports on a study of journal usage amongst human factors researchers. The aim of the study was to shed light on how journals are used with a view to making recommendations about the development of a full-text, searchable database that would support such usage. The results indicate that levels of usage vary over time, the range of journals covered is small and readers overlook a large proportion of the contents of articles. Furthermore, three reading strategies are observed which indicate that the presentation of journal articles is not ideally suited to their uses. The implications of these findings for developing suitable computer-based applications are discussed.
| EPrint Type: | Journal Article (Paginated) |
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| Keywords: | electronic text, journal usage, hypertext, reading from screens and paper, text manipulation, reading strategies |
| Subjects: | World Wide Web Scholarly Communication Hypertext and Hypermedia User Studies |
| ID Code: | 1189 |
| Deposited On: | 13 June 2006 |
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