Table 1

Information resource subjective assessment criteria

CodeDefinition(Bailey and Pearson, 1983)(Doll and Torkzadeh, 1988)(Delone and McLean, 1992)(Strong et al., 1997)(Cline and Haynes, 2001)(McKinney et al., 2002)(Rieh, 2002)(Bernhardt and Felter, 2004)(Yang et al., 2005)(Wixom and Todd, 2005)(Sillence et al., 2007b)(Cheung et al., 2008)(Wang, 2008)(Gable et al., 2008)(Larsson, 2009)(Gorla et al., 2010)(Petter et al., 2013)(Zheng et al., 2013)(Hsu et al., 2014)(Gao et al., 2015)(Liang et al., 2017)(Alzahrani et al., 2017)(Sun et al., 2019)(Zhang et al., 2020)

Convenience

(alt terms - Convenience of Access, Access, Accessibility)

The perceived ease with which the user may use/access the information resource.

X

 

X

X

 

X

 

X

X

X

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

X

X

X

 

Credibility

(alt terms - Cognitive Authority, Believable, Reputation)

The believability of the information resource

 

 

 

X

X

 

X

X

 

 

X

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

X

X

Flexibility

The capacity of the information resource to change or to adjust in response to new conditions, demands, or circumstances

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

X

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

Format

(alt terms - Appearance, Presentation, Design, Aesthetics, Layout, Attractive)

The look and feel of the information resource, including the method of presenting the information.

X

X

 

 

X

 

X

 

 

X

X

 

 

X

X

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

 

Integration

The ability of the resource to communicate/transmit data between different resources.

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perceived utility

(alt items - Usefulness of System Features and Functions, Usefulness, Perceived Usefulness)

The balance between how useful an information resource is considered and the perceived cost (effort, opportunity cost and monetary cost)

X

 

X

 

 

X

X

 

X

 

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

Responsive

(alt terms - Response Time, Timeliness, Time to Load Page, Prompt Service)

The amount of time it takes for an information resource to satisfy a user's request.

X

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

X

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

Security

(alt terms - Access Security, Security and Privacy Protection, Privacy and Data Protection)

Confidence that the resources will protect user data from misappropriation or unauthorised alteration or loss.

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

X

X

 

 

 

X

 

Usability

(alt terms - Ease of Use, User-Friendly, Navigation, Easy to Navigate, Easy to Learn)

The level of ease the user experiences interacting with the information resource and navigating through it.

 

X

X

 

X

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

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