Guided, or faceted, navigation

From LIS 415 - Candy's Section

Scope

Examples of libraries that help users narrow down their choices by displaying facets in which retrieved results fall. Though many OPACs now offer this capability, the following were among the first, or have done it in an interesting way.

Libraries

• Lamson Library, Plymouth State University, http://library.plymouth.edu/

Uses guided navigation developed in Scriblio, created by Casey Bisson and based on WordPress. --Harde 22:35, 6 April 2008 (EDT)

• North Carolina State University Libraries, http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/

The first library to use Endeca for guided navigation. --Schwartz 13:35, 14 September 2007 (EDT)

• University of Chicago, Lens http://lens.lib.uchicago.edu/

A nice example of AquaBrowser and guided navigation, with a top section that allows the user to refine their search by call number range. Visually clear and appealing. --Parker10:25, 16 April 2008 (EDT)

• Vanderbilit University http://alphasearch.library.vanderbilt.edu/primo_library/libweb/

Guided navigation using Ex Libris' Primo. --Schwartz 13:35, 14 September 2007 (EDT)

• Westerville Public Library, http://search.westervillelibrary.org/iii/encore/app

An example using III's Encore, including tag clouds as well as guided navigation. --Schwartz 14:16, 8 June 2008 (EDT)