Individual Differences in Organizing, Searching and Retrieving Information.

Saracevic, Tefko

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ERIC Number: EJ450370

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Individual Differences in Organizing, Searching and Retrieving Information.

Saracevic, Tefko

Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, v28 p82-86 1991

Synthesizes major findings from research on the magnitude of individual differences in information retrieval (IR) tasks and suggests implications for practice and design of IR systems and interfaces. Topics discussed include indexing consistency, relevance judgments, selection of subject headings, selection of search terms, and search retrievals. (20 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Indexing, Individual Differences, Information Retrieval, Literature Reviews, Man Machine Systems, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Search Strategies, Subject Index Terms, Synthesis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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Note: 54th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 27-31, 1991.