The CREE project - Investigating user requirements for searching within institutional environments

Awre, Chris.; Hanganu, Gabriel.; Ingram, Caroline.; Brett, Tony.; Dolphin, Ian.

doi:10.1045/october2005-awre

Authors

Mr Chris Awre C.Awre@hull.ac.uk
Head of Information Services

Gabriel Hanganu

Caroline Ingram

Tony Brett

Ian Dolphin

Abstract

The Contextual Resource Evaluation Environment (CREE) project has investigated user requirements for the presentation of a range of different Internet-based search tools in a variety of local institutional environments, enabling access to the search tools away from their home websites. The project's three-strand approach to its investigation included a survey, focus groups and user testing. The investigation revealed that there is much interest in the idea of using Internet search tools through institutional environments, although this interest is tinged with some uncertainty on the part of end-users about the exact purpose or need for presenting search tools this way. Presentation of search tools through institutional environments does, though, increase end-user awareness of what search tools are available and potentially draws them into using new resources.

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Oct 3, 2005
Journal	D-Lib Magazine
Print ISSN	1082-9873
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	11
Issue	10
Institution Citation	Awre, C., Hanganu, G., Ingram, C., Brett, T., & Dolphin, I. (2005). The CREE project - Investigating user requirements for searching within institutional environments. D-Lib magazine : the magazine of the Digital Library Forum, 11(10), https://doi.org/10.1045/october2005-awre
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1045/october2005-awre
Keywords	Library and Information Sciences