Assessment of User Satisfaction of Research Theses and Theses in Iranian Scientific Database (Treasure): Based on E-Qual Model

• Main Authors: Somayeh Fatahi, Mohammad Javad Ershadi
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Iranian Research Institute for Information and Technology 2020-03-01
• Series: Iranian Journal of Information Processing & Management
• Subjects: iran scientific database; ganj; iran institute of information science and technology; irandoc; information system; search engine; user satisfaction; quality assessment
• Online Access: http://jipm.irandoc.ac.ir/article-1-4149-en.html
• ISSN: 2251-8223; 2251-8231

The increasing growth of web usage has made the importance of search engines and their quality assessment more responsive to users' needs. One of the approaches to quality assessment is user satisfaction. The use of a search engine depends on user satisfaction, which is a measure of the quality of the search engine. Many search engines have been built in Iran, as well. Some of these engines are widely used to search for information on the web, and some are found in a database Iran scientific information database (GANJ) is one of the databases that have its search engine. It contains nearly 530,000 dissertations and thesis and is one of the key scientific databases in the country with many users. Therefore, assessing the satisfaction of users of this system with its broad audience is crucial. In this research, indicators based on the EQOAL model were developed to evaluate users' satisfaction with the GANJ System. Indices developed based on the Delphi method were screened and localized to assess users' satisfaction with GANJ System. User satisfaction was also assessed using an EQual questionnaire. The results of the data analysis of the 156 questionnaires collected show that usability, information, and service interaction are the significant determinants of users' satisfaction with the treasure system, respectively. In terms of usability, the ease of working with "GANJ" is a top priority. Likewise, the ease of interaction with the system and the apparent attractiveness of the system were introduced as the main factors.