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A good WWW site
should be logically organized so that
a novice user can easily find his or her way around it.
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Use my library's
WWW site as an example: the old site
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http://med-libwww.bu.edu/library/OLDhome.html
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was re-organized
to function more easily, and also to match the BUMC site
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http://www.bumc.bu.edu/
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and even the
library's new WWW site http://med-libwww.bu.edu/library/home.html underwent
changes. See the BUMC MEDLINE
link? In the original re-design, (on handout), the MEDLINE link is not as
clearly delineated as a clickable box.
When we mounted this page, we immediately got calls from patrons who
couldn't find the link to MEDLINE. We
were surprised that they didn't see it, but decided to make a change
anyway. If you compare the handout to
the new site, you'll see that the links under the library's name are much
clearer.
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Also notice on
the other handout that the header and menu column on the left are small. Patrons also complained about this, so we
enlarged it.
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Other sites for
currency & coverage:
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USA Today
(http://www.usatoday.com)
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About USA Today
Online - the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
(http://www.usatoday.com/leadpage/about.htm)
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Article by Hope
Tillman entitled "Evaluating Quality on the Net"
(http://www.tiac.net/users/hope/findqual.html)
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Roget's
Thesaurus (http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html)
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Webster's
Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 Edition
(http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html
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CNN
(htp://www.cnn.com)
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