Describes the development of the Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library (EEVL) ( http://eevl.ac.uk ) and outlines the services offered. The potential market for EEVL is discussed, and a case study of promotional activities is presented.

Online shopping phenomena are governed by a number of consumer acceptance and behaviour characteristics and grounded in theoretical aspects of consumer decision making. There are a number of factors that affect what we buy, when we buy, and why we buy. In reference to buying online, the factors...

Purpose – This paper concentrates on the visual information within a product description block in an online auction page, which is the only place a seller can manipulate to influence bidders. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of photograph use, model use, and the physical...

EEVL, the Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library, consists of several distinct resources, which exist as separate databases. This article describes the approach taken to tackle a particular problem that was identified through evaluation studies, namely, that searches of the EEVL catalogue too...

Purpose – This article aims to review the technological and socio‐economic conditions which will influence the development of the mobile search market. Design/methodology/approach – An expert workshop with academics, industry representatives and market analysts was organised to discuss and...