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Law Student Views on the Principles of a Legal Research Website: a User Experience Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2016

Channarong Intahchomphoo ,
Margo Jeske ,
Emily Landriault  and
Michelle Brown
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Abstract

The Principles of Legal Research (PLR) website of the University of Ottawa's Brian Dickson Law Library is a bilingual (English and French) online learning tool for all first year students in both Common Law and Civil Law.1 Law librarians use this e-learning website to facilitate teaching components such as student assignments and assessments. This user experience study aims to investigate law students’ real experience with the system. Their feedback will be used for future development planning as well as analysing user behaviour trends. The authors investigate the following aspects: accuracy of information, interface design, navigation system, Web 2.0, social media, and smartphone version.

Keywords

websitesuser experience studye-learninghuman-computer interaction
Type
International Perspectives
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , September 2016 , pp. 187 - 196
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2016. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 

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