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Peer reviewedWilson, T. D.; Ford, Nigel J.; Ellis, David; Foster, Allen E.; Spink, Amanda – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Explores the relationship between the concept of uncertainty in information seeking within a model of the problem-solving process and variables derived from other models, based on longitudinal data collected in the United Sates and the United Kingdom that investigated the processes of mediated information retrieval searching during human…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hypothesis Testing, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Peer reviewedEllis, David – Journal of Documentation, 1989
Outlines a behavioral approach to information retrieval system design based on the derivation of a behavioral model of the information-seeking patterns of academic social scientists. The extent to which identified information-seeking characteristics are supported by existing systems is considered, and requirements for implementing these features…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behaviorism, Computer System Design, Higher Education
