Large-scale digital library user searching: What role does domain play?

Zavalina, Oksana L.; Vassilieva, Elena V.

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Title

Large-scale digital library user searching: What role does domain play?

Author(s)

• Zavalina, Oksana L.
• Vassilieva, Elena V.

Issue Date

2013-02

Keyword(s)

• digital libraries
• domain-specific digital libraries
• domain-independent digital libraries
• information search
• search queries
• search categories
• transaction log analysis

Abstract

This poster presents findings of an exploratory comparative analysis of user search queries in three large-scale digital libraries: two domain-specific (National Science Digital Library and Opening History) functioning in the domains of STEM education and US history, and one domain-independent (IMLS Digital Collections and Content). Results suggest that domain-based differences (i.e., difference in user searching between the digital libraries representing different domains) are more substantial than differences in user searching between domain-specific and domain-independent large-scale digital libraries. These findings may have implications for design and evaluation of large-scale aggregations of digitized materials.

Publisher

iSchools

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42111

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/13322

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