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Description

CiteULike is a place to store bookmarks to useful academic papers and articles. It also stores citation information so that references can be generated automatically in a range of formats.

Accessibility Testing Results

You have to register using a reCaptcha although it has an audio version, once you have managed to reach the join button which is an image without a label. This cannot be tabbed to with a keyboard in some browsers although WebbIE users read the text on the first page. Due to the number of references on one page tabbing is not helpful and navigation to poorly labelled forms may occur. Text on the site can be very small and not comfortable to read and in some areas contrast levels are poor with small grey text on white - these can be enhanced using browser options. Tag sizes need to have greater contrast in sizes.

#	Test	Score	Summary
1	Login, Signup and Other Forms Accessible		Uses the Re-Captcha system, which supports audio but the user cannot tab to the audio button.
2	Image ALT Attributes		Very few critical images have alternative text.
3	Link Target Definitions		There are many links to author portfolios which, while they make sense, clutter the page and detract from the critical links.
4	Frame Titles and Layout		No frames or iframes, which can be disorientating for screen-readers, are used in the design.
5	Removal of Stylesheet		When the page is linearised, there are no headings for articles in a user's library. All the text items are put together in one page, with little to suggest how they are seperated.
6	Audio/Video Features		Text can be added to all the forms. This service is not designed for audio or video media. It is for journal citations.
7	Video/animations - audio descriptions		Text can be added to all the forms. This service is not designed for audio or video media. It is for journal citations.
8	Appropriate use of Tables		Tables are not used for the design of this website.
9	Tab Orderings Correct and Logical		Tab ordering is fine, but let down by the huge number of links on each page, as there is a link to each author of a document.
10	Page Functionality with Keyboard		At least 500 presses of the tab button are required to get through the homepage - less on other pages, but still a very high number which makes it more difficult to find desired links.
11	Accessibility of Text Editors		No rich text editor.
12	Appropriate Feedback with Forms		The product provides suitable feedback when the user performs an action.
13	Contrast and Colour Check		Adequate contrast throughout except on bibliographic information. Paper titles are clear, but other details are not. This appears to have been a conscious design decision, as attention would be distracted otherwise. The text should at least become clearer when hovering over the item.
14	Page Integrity when Zooming		The website maintains the layout and usability of all critical areas perfectly when zoomed.
15	Text size, style, blinking elements and Readability		The majority of text on the site is 10pt, which is readable but may be uncomfortable for some. Tags are smaller and there are some very small blue links.

Disability-Tailored Results

The following table shows how well the product performs for people with disabilities, as listed in the Disabilities section.

Percentages do not indicate how much of a site is accessible. They indicate the average figure of test results relevant to each disability. Select a disability to see which tests are relevant to it.

Activities you can do with CiteULike

• Group Discussion
• References - Storing or Fetching
• Keywords Labelling Data