Simplifying the text in the different Emnesøk screens

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The current text, while constructive and helpful, is slightly long on the different pages, especially when just entering Emnesøk. Also, not all concepts may be clear to a user unfamiliar with subject vocabularies.

Suggestion:
Shorten the texts, and provide more context-sensitive information (i.e. move some text to the specific vocabulary pages)

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Subject Search

I would like to find books about:

• Science (Realfagstermer)
• Humanities and social sciences (Humord)
• Human rights (Human Rights terms)
• Technology and engineering (Tekord)

Realfagstermer landing page

Science Terms (Realfagstermer)

Search for scientific concepts. Realfagstermer is a controlled vocabulary, i.e. a controlled set of subjects. This controlled vocabulary is maintained by the science libraries at the University at Oslo and Bergen, and is the best portal to our book collections.

Realfagstermer can be searched in Bokmål, Nynorsk (translation in progress), English (translation in progress) and Latin (scientific names). Learn more about the vocabulary.

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Humord landing page

Humanities and Social Sciences Terms (Humord)

Humord is the best portal to the humanities and social sciences. This controlled vocabulary, i.e. a controlled set of subjects, also has a relatively large amount of interdisciplinary subject headings. Enter a subject in the search box, or click on one of the top-level concepts to begin.

Humord can be searched in Norwegian Bokmål terms. Learn more about the vocabulary.

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Based on J. Nielsen, Usability Heuristic: "Match between system and the real world" - "The system should speak the users' language, with words, phrases and concepts familiar to the user, rather than system-oriented terms." and "Aesthetic and minimalist design" - "Dialogues should not contain information which is irrelevant or rarely needed. Every extra unit of information in a dialogue competes with the relevant units of information and diminishes their relative visibility."