Usability Tests

Test Questions for the Virgo Web Site

http://virgo.lib.virginia.edu/

1. Using VIRGO, where would you find the online version of the Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed.?


2. How would you place an Interlibrary Loan request for a book that you didn't find in VIRGO?


3. How would you find a video of Babette's Feast?


4. How can you determine how long you can borrow various types of materials?


5. How can find books just in the Physics Library? How about two or three (but not all) libraries?


6. Has the current issue of Newsweek been received?


7. Does the library own vol. 1 of the periodical "Asian art"?


8. How can I find other materials on the same topic?


9. Can I suggest that the library buy a book it doesn't own from within VIRGO?


10. Can I see a listing of newly acquired books in Fine Arts Library?


11. How can I see what books I have checked out?


12. Do I have to bring my books back to the library in order to renew them?


13. What electronic journals does the library subscribe to on computer science?


14. How can I report a problem with VIRGO?


15. What business and economics journal indexes are available online? Why would I use the VIRGO version of an index as opposed to the web version?

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