Retrieval efficiency of select search engines vis-à-vis diverse open courseware formats.
Purpose This paper aims to gauge the visibility of open content available in different formats of select open courseware (OCW) repositories through prominent search engines.Design/methodology/approach Open content in three formats (pdf, audio and video) from four OCW repositories listed in the OCW c...
| Publicado en: | Electronic Library Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 457 - 471 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Emerald Publishing Limited
2016
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=115868156&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 115868156 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 02640473 2OJ jtl: Electronic Library issn: 02640473 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2016 vid: 34 iid: 3 pid: 465 pub: Emerald Publishing Limited artinfo: ui: 115868156 115868156 115868156 10.1108/EL-08-2014-0132 115868156 ppf: 457 ppct: 14 formats: tig: atl: Retrieval efficiency of select search engines vis-à-vis diverse open courseware formats. aug: au: Wani, Zahid Ashraf Ahmad Sofi, Adil affil: Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India sug: subj: Web Search Engines Teaching Materials Information Retrieval Access to Information Human India World Wide Web Education, Non-Traditional Random Sample Motion Pictures Audiorecording ab: Purpose This paper aims to gauge the visibility of open content available in different formats of select open courseware (OCW) repositories through prominent search engines.Design/methodology/approach Open content in three formats (pdf, audio and video) from four OCW repositories listed in the OCW consortium under the science and technology subject heading were searched through seven select search engines.Findings None of the selected OCW repositories are fully visible on the selected search engines. Visibility of OCW content varied from one search engine to the other and was affected by the format in which it is available. Google is the best search engine for retrieving OCW content, whereas OCWfinder – a specialized search engine for retrieving OCW – has performed dismally.Research limitations/implications The study demonstrates the need for enhancing the visibility of open content through using search engine optimization techniques.Originality/value The study intends to supply findings that could be used by stakeholders to improve the visibility of OCW repositories. It is an attempt to draw a comparison between search engines for their ability to index different formats of OCW in the selected repositories. Findings can be used by information professionals to brush their information hunting skills. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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