668 9 archive 2 disk0/00/00/06/68 2007-09-28 02:56:57 2007-09-28 02:56:57 2007-09-28 02:56:57 article show Ruzita Ramly University of Malaya Library pub Z none Searching and browsing the web, website design. The ability to navigate in a virtual environment is crucial in the search for information. Without a proper navigational scheme and well designed searching or browsing capabilities, the information that is abundantly available in the Internet cannot not be effectively retrieved, disseminated or used by users. This paper briefly discusses how usability testing can be used to provide general guidelines for web designers to develop navigational schemes and searching or browsing systems that will help people navigate the virtual world. This paper also provides results of a study undertaken to test a new website developed by the University of Malaya Library, based on the usability test. 2002-06 published Kekal Abadi 21 1 Library, University of Malaya 1-5 FALSE 01272578 1. Bachiochi, et al. (1997). Usability studies and designing navigational aids for the World Wide Web. Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, 29 (8-13): 1489-1496. 2. Browsing and searching Internet resources. April 6, 2001 [http://ww.lub.lu.se/netlab/documents/nav_menu.html]. 3. Darken, R.P. & Sibert, J.L. Wayfinding strategies and behaviours in large worlds, 19/4/2002 [http://www.acm.org/sigchi/chi96/proceedings/papers/Darken/Rpd_txt.htm]. 4. Lemahieu, W. (2002). Context-based navigation in the web by means of dynamically generated guided tours. Computer Networks 39(3): 311-328. 5. Satalich, G. (1995). Navigation and wayfinding in virtual reality: finding the proper tools and cues to enhance navigational awareness. Masters Thesis, University of Washington, Seattle. 6. Shneiderman, B. (1998). Designing the user interface: strategies for effective human-computer interaction, 3rd ed. Reading, Mass.: Addison Wesley.