The Electronic Library: Volume 36 Issue 1

Factors influencing students’ satisfaction in using wireless internet in higher education: Cross-validation of TSM

A.Y.M. Atiquil Islam, Magdalena Mo Ching Mok, Qian Xiuxiu, Chin Hai Leng

In this age of exponential knowledge growth, where wireless internet is playing a dominant role, the concerned authorities of higher education have to ensure that this…

Social media use by undergraduate students of education in Nigeria: a survey

Lalith Wickramanayake, Saidu Muhammad Jika

This paper aims to investigate teacher students’ perceptions, intentions, experiences, attitudes, opinions and barriers concerning social media use and impact of social…

Twitter sentiments related to natural calamities: Analysing tweets related to the Jammu and Kashmir floods of 2014

Sumeer Gul, Tariq Ahmad Shah, Muzaffer Ahad, Mir Mubashir, Suhail Ahmad, Muntaha Gul, Shueb Sheikh

The study aims to showcase public sentiments via social media, Twitter, during 2014 floods of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Evaluating the effectiveness of thesauri in digital information retrieval systems

Sanjeev K. Sunny, Mallikarjun Angadi

The purpose of this study is to carry out a systematic literature review for evidence-based assessment of the effectiveness of thesaurus in digital information retrieval…

Utilization of YouTube as an information resource to support university courses

Abdullah Almobarraz

The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions, attitudes and experiences of undergraduate students related to the use of YouTube as an information resource to…

E-book and print book price and desirability for university libraries: a comparative study

K.N. Rao, Sunil Kumar, Manorama Tripathi

The purpose of this paper is to compare the prices of print and electronic versions of the same scholarly titles charged from a university library. This study also…

An investigation of cross-cultural social tagging behaviours between Chinese and Americans

Qian Hu, Xin Lin, Shuguang Han, Lei Li

The purpose of this paper is to explore different tagging behaviours between Chinese and Americans by analysing the movie tags, and explore the feasibility of applying…

Developing an ontology for Greek mythology

C. Syamili, R.V. Rekha

The purpose of this study is to illustrate the development of ontology for the heroes of the ancient Greek mythology and religion. At present, a number of ontologies exist…

Public libraries: roles in Big Data

Ming Zhan, Gunilla Widén

The purpose of this paper is to explore the roles of public libraries in the context of Big Data.

The methodological quality of systematic reviews indexed in the MEDLINE database: A multivariate approach

Helena Martín-Rodero, Javier Sanz-Valero, Purificación Galindo-Villardón

The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the methodology quality of the literature search protocols of systematic reviews and to assess the relevance of the…

Using hot patents to explore technological evolution: a case from the orthopaedic field

Hsi-Yin Yeh, Chi-Wei Lo, Kai-Shing Chang, Ssu-Han Chen

This study aims to propose a visualized model of hot technology evolution to describe its development.

A study on a content-based image retrieval technique for Chinese paintings

Chia-Ching Hung

The purpose of this study is to build a database of digital Chinese painting images and use the proposed technique to extract image and texture information, and search…