| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 圖書資訊學研究所 === 99 === Along with the swift development of online resources, user information behavior has dramatically changed. Due to the increase in use of online database by both individuals and organizations, the issue of usability have become the primary focus for researchers.
In the medical fields, Medline database is the most common use for physicians, hospital staff, health care experts and medical school students. Medline database has two different interfaces in Taiwan and in this study we focused on Medline with full text (EBSCO). To help provide a friendly Medline database using environment in which medical school students without professional retrieval skills can make effective use of, this study evaluated National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences students’ perceptions of usability and safistaction of Medline with full text (EBSCO) database.
Data were collected from 12 graduate students of Nursing Department and Healthcare Administration and Management Department through various qualitative data collection techniques, including usability test, think-aloud, questionnaires and observation. The usability criteria includes effectiveness, efficiency, adaptability and user satisfaction. In general, students’ attitudes towards the effectiveness and adaptability of Medline with full text (EBSCO) database are positive；however, students’ attitudes towards efficiency are negative and most of students have the worst performance in using MeSH.
This study recommends improve design of Medline with full text (EBSCO) database, including simplifying the database functions, transiting the users’ keywords languages automatically into what database can understand, easily fulltext downloading paths, giving more user guide information, clarifying the linking paths between pages; and furthur, using keyword search with Boolean and limits functions to help access more precise information, concentrating on MeSH instruction and enhancement of database system stability and user’s English abilities .
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