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Navigating the Internet

S M Powsner1, N K Roderer

  • 1Center for Medical Informatics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.

Bulletin of the Medical Library Association
|October 1, 1994
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Internet navigation tools are essential for accessing information. Current methods lack controlled resource descriptions, making online navigation difficult despite available tools.

Area of Science:

  • Information Science
  • Medical Informatics
  • Internet Studies

Background:

  • Effective navigation of complex information resources is crucial.
  • Numerous tools exist for browsing and searching internet resources.
  • Development of new navigational tools is ongoing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review existing internet navigational tools.
  • To evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these tools.
  • To identify limitations in current internet navigation methods.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of existing navigational tools.
  • Analysis of tools developed at Yale University School of Medicine.
  • Comparative assessment of tool functionalities.

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Main Results:

  • Several navigational tools are available for internet resources.
  • Tools exhibit varying degrees of effectiveness and utility.
  • A significant limitation is the absence of controlled resource descriptions.

Conclusions:

  • Current internet navigation methods are hindered by a lack of standardized resource descriptions.
  • Improved navigation requires enhanced methods for describing online information.
  • Further development is needed to overcome existing challenges in internet resource discovery.