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How people search the library from a single search box
Cory LownNCSU LibrariesCode4Lib 2012
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1. Academic library search environment
2. Search stats at NCSU
3. Collecting data
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1. Academic library search environment
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73% of searches from the home page start from the
default tab
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Journal Articles, Catalog, Journal Titles, Database Titles, Library Website,
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Best Bets,Spelling Suggestions,Loaded Links,FAQs,Smart Subjects,
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Best Bets
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Part 2: Search stats at NCSU
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Fall 2010 and Spring 2011
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739,180 Searches
655,388 Click-throughs
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41.5%35.2%
7.8%
5.5%
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Article and Catalog results are really important.
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23% of searchersare doing something else.
Journal titles, databases, website results, etc.
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For Articles, people use one of the first 3 results about
70% of the time.
The other 30% use the “See All Results” link to see the full Summon
results interface.
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Fall 2010
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Fall 2010 – Catalog
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Fall 2010 - Articles
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web of science, citation builder, refworks, jstor, google scholar, pubmed, petition,
ieee, naxos, etd, course reserves, science, gis, tripsaver, academic search premier, harvard business review, eric,
citation, thesis
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web of science, citation builder, refworks, jstor, google scholar, pubmed, petition,
ieee, naxos, etd, course reserves, science, gis, tripsaver, academic search premier, harvard business review, eric,
citation, thesis
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web of science, citation builder, refworks, jstor, google scholar, pubmed, petition,
ieee, naxos, etd, course reserves, science, gis, tripsaver, academic search premier, harvard business review, eric,
citation, thesis
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web of science, citation builder, refworks, jstor, google scholar, pubmed, petition,
ieee, naxos, etd, course reserves, science, gis, tripsaver, academic search premier, harvard business review, eric,
citation, thesis
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web of science, citation builder, refworks, jstor, google scholar, pubmed, petition,
ieee, naxos, etd, course reserves, science, gis, tripsaver, academic search premier, harvard business review, eric,
citation, thesis
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Query Distribution Spring 2011
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Query Distribution Spring 2011
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Query Distribution Spring 2011
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Query Distribution Spring 2011
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Main points
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Single/default search signals confidence to people that our search tools will just work.
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Important to consider what the default search box doesn’t search.
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Dynamic results drive traffic.
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Make sure the most frequent queries provide great results.
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Part 3: Collecting data
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TimestampDateTimeAction (SEARCH)Query (john+muir)Referrer URL
Tracking Searches
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TimestampDateTimeAction (CLICK)Category (CAT)Link (RES_1)
Tracking Click-throughs
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Alternative:Event tracking in Google Analytics
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Thanks.
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Cory LownNCSU Libraries
[email protected]@cowilo
C&RL Article Preprinthttp://go.ncsu.edu/librarysearc
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