Integration or Disintegration: Where Is Discovery Headed?

Ellero, Nadine P.

doi:10.1080/19386389.2013.831277

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“…The tool reduces time and effort spent in both searching and learning to use the various database interfaces. It broadcasts a query across all sources and returns one organized list of results for the user [7,8]. Discovery services have become almost essential in academic libraries.…”

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EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) Usage in Israeli Academic Libraries

Greenberg¹

2020

Digital Imaging

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Awareness to the problem that different search interfaces discourage patrons' use of library information sources has led academic libraries to implement web-scale discovery services. These services offer the user a "Google-like" search experience of library resources. This study aims to explore library professionals' satisfaction, patrons' information behavior, and use of EDS discovery tool service in academic libraries in Israel. Mixed research methods were used in this study: qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative research methods are through content analysis of library directors' interviews, and quantitative research method is through collected library metrics (from Google analytics) data analysis, regarding usage patterns and search session analysis. The study aims to gain insight regarding library implementation and patrons' information behavior of the EDS discovery tool, in Israeli higher education institutions.Keywords: information behavior, academic libraries, Israel, EDS discovery service, search in the library Digital Imaging 2 in the life of all library users. It is the most popular search engine for queries about daily issues and for academic needs. It empowers library visitors to search for their academic information needs, within an easy and popular interface [2]. In libraries, some consider this an obstacle, and some see it as an opportunity for innovations and improvements. One thing is certain: Google redefined the search experience, and libraries should acknowledge this.In 2004, Google launched Google Scholar, a tool for discovering scholarly information. Google Scholar is a search engine for academic articles, theses, books, abstracts, and court opinions from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities, and other websites. This free resource, with its basic and familiar interface, has the potential to serve as a scholarly metasearch information engine [3,4]. Google Scholar has received mixed receptions from the librarian community. It has some advanced search features, but it provides no interface for refining the results. Users can set preferences such as language, year, author, and periodical title. They can also view an indication of the libraries from which it can access the source, citation export options, and how to cite the source (for many citation styles). The reviews and critiques of Google Scholar have been mixed, at best. Its content, its search engine, its interface, and its citation count have all been criticized. Patrons of libraries who have subscriptions to the digital archives of publishers are the greatest beneficiaries of Google Scholar, as with a single search they are led to the full digital text versions of the articles [4-6]. Google Scholar is very different from library database interfaces and their search options, yet it introduces library users to scholarly articles through a familiar and friendly interface.

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Section: Discovery Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) Usage in Israeli Academic Libraries

Greenberg¹

2020

Digital Imaging

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“…The tool reduces time and effort spent in both searching and learning to use the various interfaces. It broadcasts a query across all sources, returning one organized list of results to the user (Ellero, 2013). Library gateway search services embraced the federated search as a complementary service for online access catalogs.…”

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“…The library discovery search system employs mechanisms to help and guide individuals to the best set of resources (Ellero, 2013). It relies on descriptive metadata (from the library resources, e.g., subject databases), which assist effective retrieval and enable refining and limiting the results.…”

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Academic Information Behavior and the Role of the Academic Library: A Study of an Israeli University

Greenberg¹

2017

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This article-based dissertation presents three articles, all studying information behavior of the patrons in an academic library in Israel.This dissertation intends to help academic libraries understand their patrons' information behavior in the second decade of the 21st century and to make library services more available and beneficial to its users. The study presents a unique perspective on library users' academic information behavior from three different aspects. The users', the librarians and systems log files. The study utilizes different methodologies and different research populations to get full and comprehensive insights.

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“…In their search, users expect to retrieve relevant results. The library discovery search system employs mechanisms to help and guide individuals to the best set of resources (Ellero, 2013). It relies on descriptive metadata (from the library resources, e.g.…”

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Library metrics – studying academic users’ information retrieval behavior: A case study of an Israeli university library

Greenberg

Bar‐Ilan

2016

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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The purpose of this study is to get insights on library users' information retrieval behavior, as reflected in log files, reports, and publishers' counts. From the data it appears that the library's discovery tool is not the major source for accessing full text items and the patrons often prefer other sources such as Google Scholar. Google Scholar cannot replace the library, but it can link users to resources that the patrons can access, through library subscriptions.

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Integration or Disintegration: Where Is Discovery Headed?

Cited by 12 publications

References 70 publications

EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) Usage in Israeli Academic Libraries

EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) Usage in Israeli Academic Libraries

Academic Information Behavior and the Role of the Academic Library: A Study of an Israeli University

Library metrics – studying academic users’ information retrieval behavior: A case study of an Israeli university library

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