Coding online information seeking
Philip M. Hider · The Australian Library Journal · 2005
This paper reports on a coding scheme devised during preliminary data collection of online searching using Camtasia, and compares this scheme with one recently developed by Hargittai for a similar purpose. The author’s scheme is put forward as a prototype for a standard ‘core’ system, which might assist in the process of transcription of recordings and facilitate comparison of findings across research projects. In a case study, the coding system is applied to the examination of cross-database searching through a particular library’s online interface, which offers SFX and MetaLib linking tools.