814: Types of Navigation
SV 814
largely from LH
Associated Topic Early pages provided one link that was titled "associated topic"
Topic pages now have individual lower menus that provide associated topic link buttons
Book Style Provides segments based on twenty page "chapters"
Navigating: Contents Contents pages appear in each section e.g. page 1, page 21 etc.
Search Box One approach to finding desired information is to type a word into the search box (in the header above)
Embedded buttons Virtual buttons that select associated topics can appear on topic pages e.g.
Buttons Associated topic infers that we are prepared to change concept (in order to find what we need).
Continuation Index
The continuation index was used in early technical data books, specifically the large format Brimar valve databook.
"BRIMAR - British Manufactured American Radio (Valves) ....Brimar/STC was a UK subsidiary of the American giant ITT
Continuation Index infers that we have already arrived at a specific page, and that there is some other location to procede to.
Dubiety If a search result or virtual button should have multiple outcomes, the aim is to interpose a disambiguation step