Update on OneSearch!
I talked to the product manager for 360 Search at Serials Solutions yesterday 10/18/07 about changes to the OneSearch interface. We should see two changes very soon to OneSearch.
The first is that the Refine Search | New Search links which are displayed in the results page will be moved. Right now they appear right above the clustering information and don’t stand out very much. The links will be moved to the center of the screen so that they aren’t confused with the clustering options. This will address users’ difficulty in not being able to easily start a new search, one of the issues uncovered during usability testing. I’ll work with my support contact at Serials Solutions to finalize the details before implementation.
The second piece of good new is that a multi column display will be available in a few months. This will help break up our one long list of subjects and databases. I did learn that Serials Solutions is supporting a subject list that displays a hierarchy. I thought that I’d wait to change our subjects from the current laundry list to a hierarchical display until we have made decisions about displaying subjects on the Databases page. I want OneSearch to follow the same subject scheme as what appears on the Databases page.
–Esther Onega
Tags: 360 Search, hierarchical display, OneSearch
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