Assessment for Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts with Full Text by Lambton - Module 3: Interface Structure

Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text, or from the link text together with its surrounding context?

Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:

Can keyboard focus be moved to all page elements?

Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:

If moving keyboard focus away from a component requires more than arrow or tab keys, is this clearly indicated on the page?

Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No examples of navigation requiring keys other than tab or arrows found to evaluate clear indication.

Is default keyboard navigation order logical and intuitive, following the visual flow of the page as described above?

Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Record pages include a collapsible menu to each side of the page that are navigated to after the main content in the middle 'column' of the page. Some users might expect the left menu to be navigated before the middle content. Even if the middle content should be considered the main content.

When using a keyboard to navigate the interface, is the keyboard focus indicator visible?

Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:

Does all interactive functionality work via keyboard, and does it behave consistently and as expected?

Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:

Does focus order move sequentially across form fields?

Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:

Are there skip links (either visible or invisible)?

Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: There are no skip links on the help pages or sign in pages. The searching pages, result page, and record pages all had skip links in the sample.

Are skip links visible or invisible?

Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Invisible

Are skip links (visible or invisible) positioned prominently near the beginning of the page?

Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Main content skip links (Result and record pages) are positioned before the main navigation menu. Accessibility information and tips skip links (on all pages with skip links) are found immediately after the main navigation menu.

Are skip links labelled properly?

Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:

Are skip links accessible via keyboard?

Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:

Do anchors (link destinations) appear at the beginning of the relevant content?

Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: There is no visible anchor (or audio for the screen reader) that indicates where the skip will land. It is possible to make an educated guess based of the webpage name.

Does the reader capture accurate information as it appears in the table and the columns and rows?

Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Tables are only found in the content files and not on the webpages.

Does each frame have a meaningful title that tells the user the purpose of the frame?

Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Frames not found.

When navigating the page using keyboard navigation, is the user able to navigate effectively from one frame to the next?

Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Frames not found.

Navigation Links

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text, or from the link text together with its surrounding context?	Always

Keyboard Navigation

Question	Answer	Notes
Can keyboard focus be moved to all page elements?	Always
If moving keyboard focus away from a component requires more than arrow or tab keys, is this clearly indicated on the page?	Not Applicable	No examples of navigation requiring keys other than tab or arrows found to evaluate clear indication.
Is default keyboard navigation order logical and intuitive, following the visual flow of the page as described above?	Sometimes	Record pages include a collapsible menu to each side of the page that are navigated to after the main content in the middle 'column' of the page. Some users might expect the left menu to be navigated before the middle content. Even if the middle content should be considered the main content.
When using a keyboard to navigate the interface, is the keyboard focus indicator visible?	Always
Does all interactive functionality work via keyboard, and does it behave consistently and as expected?	Always
Does focus order move sequentially across form fields?	Always

Skip Links

Question	Answer	Notes
Are there skip links (either visible or invisible)?	Sometimes	There are no skip links on the help pages or sign in pages. The searching pages, result page, and record pages all had skip links in the sample.
Are skip links visible or invisible?	Always	Invisible
Are skip links (visible or invisible) positioned prominently near the beginning of the page?	Always	Main content skip links (Result and record pages) are positioned before the main navigation menu. Accessibility information and tips skip links (on all pages with skip links) are found immediately after the main navigation menu.
Are skip links labelled properly?	Always
Are skip links accessible via keyboard?	Always
Do anchors (link destinations) appear at the beginning of the relevant content?	Never	There is no visible anchor (or audio for the screen reader) that indicates where the skip will land. It is possible to make an educated guess based of the webpage name.
Do skip navigation controls appear in the same place on every page?	Always	There are two types of skip links found in this eresource. On the pages where one or both skip links appear, it is consistent locations.

Tables

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the reader capture accurate information as it appears in the table and the columns and rows?	Not Applicable	Tables are only found in the content files and not on the webpages.

Frames

Question	Answer	Notes
Does the screen reader successfully navigate from one frame to another?	Not Applicable	Frames not found.
Does each frame have a meaningful title that tells the user the purpose of the frame?	Not Applicable	Frames not found.
When navigating the page using keyboard navigation, is the user able to navigate effectively from one frame to the next?	Not Applicable	Frames not found.