Assessment for Business Source Premier by Mohawk - Module 1: Interface Appearance

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Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are there functional images embedded in the background?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do functional images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are there icons where appropriate, such as icons to indicate PDF Full Text, Download, Folder, Citation, etc?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
When zoomed in at 200%, is text intact, readable, and not cut off?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are images clear and unpixelated at 200%?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Images look a little pixelated but they don't look perfectly crisp at 100% either. By 'perfectly' crisp I mean something like a vector image or the smoothness of an iPad with retina display. The icon for the print tool doesn't quite read as a printer. I can tell it's supposed to be a printer but it also looks like a white car with the trunk open or a futuristic tissue box.
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The link for 'Mohawk Library' in the upper right corner on the search and results pages is causing horizontal scrolling as it cuts off at 'Mohawk Lib' before you need to scroll to see 'rary'. When looking at a detailed record page, the right-hand side tool bar is also cut off a bit and requires horizontal scrolling.
Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The main page is 8.59:1 but the links found at the bottom of the pages ('EBSCO Connect', 'Privacy policy', etc) and the text for the right-hand side tool bar come up as 2.12:1. The font size on these is smaller than 12.
Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There may be some colour coded graphs among the many articles in Business Source Premier but so far the ones I've come across are done up with one colour and those do not appear to have text equivalents.
Are blocks of content separated from one another using visual separation (such as whitespace or borders)?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are text alternatives provided where colour is used to indicate an action?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Colour does not seem to be used to indicate actions on this database.
Is there a choice embedded within the database that offers text to speech or read aloud options?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Using your mouse, is the clickable area around links and buttons large enough for users to see and activate easily?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Using your mouse to test links, are links and buttons far enough apart for users to accurately activate?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Using any method to test links, are all links and buttons functional (i.e., not dead)?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Can users pause carousel movement?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Is the order of the text preserved at all screen resolutions, without overlap?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do images avoid overlapping at all screen resolutions?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
eResource: Business Source Premier
eResource Type: Database
Vendor: EBSCO
Institution: Mohawk
Score: A-

Images

Positioning of Images

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? Always

Functional images embedded in the background

Question Answer Notes Images
Are there functional images embedded in the background? Never

Presence of Icons

Question Answer Notes Images
Are there icons where appropriate, such as icons to indicate PDF Full Text, Download, Folder, Citation, etc? Always

Alt Text

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Always
Do functional images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Always
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Always

Content Scaling

Question Answer Notes Images
When zoomed in at 200%, is text intact, readable, and not cut off? Always
Are images clear and unpixelated at 200%? Sometimes Images look a little pixelated but they don't look perfectly crisp at 100% either. By 'perfectly' crisp I mean something like a vector image or the smoothness of an iPad with retina display. The icon for the print tool doesn't quite read as a printer. I can tell it's supposed to be a printer but it also looks like a white car with the trunk open or a futuristic tissue box.
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%? Sometimes The link for 'Mohawk Library' in the upper right corner on the search and results pages is causing horizontal scrolling as it cuts off at 'Mohawk Lib' before you need to scroll to see 'rary'. When looking at a detailed record page, the right-hand side tool bar is also cut off a bit and requires horizontal scrolling.

Colour and Contrast

Question Answer Notes Images
Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1? Sometimes The main page is 8.59:1 but the links found at the bottom of the pages ('EBSCO Connect', 'Privacy policy', etc) and the text for the right-hand side tool bar come up as 2.12:1. The font size on these is smaller than 12.

Colour

Question Answer Notes Images
Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents? Not Applicable There may be some colour coded graphs among the many articles in Business Source Premier but so far the ones I've come across are done up with one colour and those do not appear to have text equivalents.
Are blocks of content separated from one another using visual separation (such as whitespace or borders)? Always
Are text alternatives provided where colour is used to indicate an action? Not Applicable Colour does not seem to be used to indicate actions on this database.

Text to speech

Question Answer Notes Images
Is there a choice embedded within the database that offers text to speech or read aloud options? Always

Clustered Links

Question Answer Notes Images
Using your mouse, is the clickable area around links and buttons large enough for users to see and activate easily? Always
Using your mouse to test links, are links and buttons far enough apart for users to accurately activate? Always
Using any method to test links, are all links and buttons functional (i.e., not dead)? Always
Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation? Always

Dynamic content

Question Answer Notes Images
Can users pause carousel movement? Not Applicable
Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard? Not Applicable

Liquid layout

Question Answer Notes Images
Is the order of the text preserved at all screen resolutions, without overlap? Always
Do images avoid overlapping at all screen resolutions? Always
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions? Always
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