This item is not the definitive copy. Please use the following citation when referencing
this material: Dillon, A., Richardson, J. and McKnight, C. (1989) The human factors of
journal usage and the design of electronic text. Interacting with Computers, 1(2), 183-
189. Abstract: The present paper reports on a study of journal usage amongst human factors
researchers. The aim of the study was to shed light on how journals are used with a view
to making recommendations about the development of a full-text, searchable database
that would support such usage. The results indicate that levels of usage vary over time,
the range of journals covered is small and readers overlook a large proportion of the
contents of articles. Furthermore, three reading strategies are observed which indicate
that the presentation of journal articles is not ideally suited to their uses. The
implications of these findings for developing suitable computer-based applications are
discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/105406 |
| Date | January 1989 |
| Creators | Dillon, Andrew, Richardson, John, McKnight, Cliff |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Journal Article (Paginated) |
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