Greben, Josh

Hoeppner, Athena

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University of Central Florida STARS Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works 4-22-2010 Quick Articles: Embedding Federated Search into the OPAC Josh Greben Florida Center for Library Automation Athena Hoeppner University of Central Florida, athena@ucf.edu  Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/ucfscholar University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Conference Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact STARS@ucf.edu. STARS Citation Greben, Josh and Hoeppner, Athena, "Quick Articles: Embedding Federated Search into the OPAC" (2010). Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 834. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/ucfscholar/834 Quick ArticlesEmbedding Federated Search into the OPACJoshua GrebenSystems Librarian/AnalystFlorida Center for Library AutomationAthena HoeppnerElectronic Resources LibrarianUniversity of Central FloridaIf you can’t take the horse to the water...89% of college students begin with a search engine12% of college students begin in Library Web sites 87% are aware their library has a library Web site 86% are aware of the online library – OCLC. College Students’ Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources.  2006 53% of college students had never used one of the libraries' Web subject guide 24% rarely use libraries’ web subject guides “Students do not understand the subject categorization or organization of pathfinders. . . . Students tend to wander, guess, and appear to be confused and not confident of their choice of subject”-- Brenda Reeb and Susan Gibbons.  Students, Librarians, and Subject Guides: Improving a Poor Rate of Return. portal: Libraries and the Academy 4.1 (2004) 60% of US traffic to SpringerLink come from OPACs and other library services 33% comes from search engines, mostly Google and Google Scholar. 5% of traffic from Springer.com  2% from A&I-- SpringerTake the water to the horseArticle source that is easy to findCo-located where users already goRequires no prior knowledge of library databasesIntuitive to search and to get to full textIntroducing Quick Articles in MangoHow Quick Articles Works• Article Searching uses the MetaLib X-Server• X-Server UI adapter for Catalog• JSP and Tomcat• XML API middleware• 2 sets of functions– MetaLib-specific– SAX (Simple API for XML)• Extensible for use with other XML sources– Ability to reuse the non-MetaLib specific code– Speed is an issue--No XSLT for faster parsing of XML recordsDeveloping Quick Articles• Carry over search query from Mango• Select General Quickset for each library• List and link to native databases• Fetch more records• Record paging• Cluster facets• Display records with 856 and SFX/SerSol linkDeveloping Quick Articles• User control of sources and option to auto-pick bases based on Mango search results• Integrated record lists for export between Book and Article searchProvide same features as Book search (RSS, DYM, etc.)• Support for other XML-API X-Servers (i.e. 360 search)• Beyond: Pre-coordinated Index for Articles– Primo Central (works with X-Server)– Summon or Discover– EDS provide XML-APIsMeasuring Use and Satisfaction•Search analysis•Statistics•User survey•Mango searches sent to Quick Articles : Feb 2010: 4349 Jan 2010: 5356 •4% of Mango searches sent to QAWhat is sent to QA?Search Type QA Mango Keyword   86% 69%Title 7% 13%Author 4% 6%Subject 3% 2%Journal Title 0% 4%Searches sent to QA• osmosis • interpersonal communication • osmosis diffusion • personal health records • diffusion • psychology • solar energy • cone penetration test • texting • abortion • literacy • coen brothers • patient satisfaction • standardized testing • text messaging • disease management • education • case management • health care reform • social networking Searches sent to QA• osmosis • interpersonal communication • osmosis diffusion • personal health records • diffusion • psychology • solar energy • cone penetration test • texting • abortion • literacy • coen brothers • patient satisfaction • standardized testing • text messaging • disease management • education • case management • health care reform • social networking Full text success rate in QA• osmosis : 10• interpersonal communication : 10• osmosis diffusion : 10• personal health records : 10• diffusion : 8• psychology : 10• solar energy : 8• cone penetration test : 9• texting : 9• abortion : 8• literacy : 8• coen brothers : 10• patient satisfaction : 10• standardized testing : 10• text messaging : 8• disease management : 10• education : 8• case management : 9• health care reform : 10• social networking : 8Average full text per 1st 10 hits: 9.15 Searches in QA DatabasesJan-Mar 2009 v 2010Academic Search PremierBusiness Source PremierOmniFile Full Text Mega Jan‐Mar 09 142120 16001 6253Jan‐Mar 10 158907 30230 14934Increase 12% 89% 139%Searches in Other DatabasesJan-Mar 2009 v 2010EBSCO SearchesWilson SearchesProquest SearchesCSA SearchesGale SearchesJan‐Mar 09 503304 19892 287986 106444 39611Jan‐Mar 10 627030 13604 293696 103514 86556Increase 25% ‐32% 2% ‐3% 119%FT in Aggregator DatabasesJan-Mar 2009 v 2010EBSCOhostWilson FTProQuest GaleFTJan‐Mar 09 163417 12866 31668 11665Jan‐Mar 10 211723 17729 32407 62134Change 30% 38% 2% 433%Full Text on Journal SitesJan-Mar 2010Wiley Springer JSTOR IoP HighwireJanuary 72% 1% 29% 8% 32%February 53% 12% 78% 5% 71%March 62% 725%Survey for user satisfaction• How many articles do you need for your paper?• How many articles from Quick Articles will you use for your paper?• Of the articles you plan to use, did Quick Articles get you to the full text?• After using Quick Articles,  will you continue your searching for more articles for the same project in other databases?• Rate your impression of Quick Articles on a scale of 1 to 5– Transferring your search from the catalog to Quick Articles– Waiting for the results to display.– Understanding the results list and deciding whether to use an article.– Getting full text of articles.• Next time you start a project that requires library research, where are you most likely to search?User Comment“I just found Quick Articles and it is a great addition to the Library's website!  Although, it did not find the article I was looking for.”Contacts• Joshua GrebenSystems Librarian/AnalystFlorida Center for Library Automationjgreben@ufl.edu• Athena HoeppnerElectronic Resources LibrarianUniversity of Central Floridaathena@mail.ucf.eduAIM: athenaucflibraryGTalk: athena.hoeppner@gmail.com

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