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(a)

Rewrite to emphasize the links to the Icon Legend, and definitions of Electronic College, and header. Put the links at the end of sentences.

A document is an important concept in our Electronic College, because when you do a library search you get a listing of all documents that meet your criteria. Next to each document name is an icon, indicating what kind of document it is. See the Icon Legend for a complete explanation of the icons. When you click an icon, a header appears, providing the document’s title, author, publication, topics, and, in most cases, an abstract. Following the header, the actual document usually appears below, although, in some cases, the header is all that we are able to provide at this time, due to circumstances.

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Answers

(a)

A document is an important concept in our Electronic College.

When you do a library search, you get a listing of all documents that meet your criteria. Next to each document name is an icon, indicating what kind of document it is. For a complete explanation of the icons, see the Icon Legend.

When you click an icon, you see a header. The header provides information about the document, such as:

  • Title
  • Author
  • Publication
  • Topics
  • An abstract (in most cases).
  • Below the header, you usually see the actual document. Note: in some cases, the header is all that we are able to provide at this time, due to circumstances.

     

    (b)

    Rewrite to create and emphasize links to the relevant images, appearing on the same page as the text.

    We have been testing Absorbing Boundary Conditions (ABCs). The first image, below and to the left, shows the impulse response without any ABC, as captured by the Salvo software. We see the boundary and an even stronger secondary reflection from the boundary. This secondary reflection is due to a cross-correlation between the source wave reflection from the boundary and the primary arrival of the receiver wave. In the second image, below and in the middle, made with Clayton and Enguist’s ABC, the primary reflection has been removed, but the secondary reflection is still present, though weaker in strength. Finally, over on the right below, we have the impulse response using Liyang Xu’s ABCs, which use optimized coefficients to reduce reflected energy even more.

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    (b)

    We have been testing Absorbing Boundary Conditions (ABCs).

    Impulse Response without any ABC

    Using the Salvo software, we captured the impulse response without any ABC, in our first image . We see the boundary and an even stronger secondary reflection from the boundary. This secondary reflection is due to a cross-correlation between the source wave reflection from the boundary and the primary arrival of the receiver wave.

    Removing the Primary Reflection

    Using Clayton and Enguist’s ABC, the primary reflection has been removed, but the secondary reflection is still present, though weaker in strength, as seen in the second image.

    Using Liyang Xu’s ABCs

    Finally we have the impulse response using Liyang Xu’s ABCs, which use optimized coefficients to reduce reflected energy even more. See the third image.
     

     

    (c)

    Emphasize the link to the library tour.

    We urge you to take the library tour, if you are interested in finding books, journals, and recordings related to your field. 

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    (c)

     

    If you are interested in finding books, journals and recordings related to your field, please take our library tour.

     

    Other ways to make links hot

    3a. Make clear what the user will get from the link.

    3c. Shift focus from the links or linked-to documents to the subject.

    3d. Provide depth and breadth through plentiful links to related information within your site.

    3e. Establish credibility by offering outbound links.

    3f. Make meta information public.

    3g. Write URLs that humans can read.

    3h. Make links accessible.

    3i. Tell people about a media object before they download.

    3j. Announce the new with special links.

    3k. Write meta-tags to have your pages found.

    Resources on writing links

    Taking a Position on Links

    Heuristic Online Text (HOT) Evaluation for Links

    Poster

     

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