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Ford, Nigel; Wilson, Tom; Ellis, David; Foster, Allen; Spink, Amanda – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 2000
Provides preliminary results from a study of mediated information retrieval at the University of Sheffield (United Kingdom) based on data from 121 information seekers who requested mediated searches. Focuses on results related to the relationship between participants' gender, cognitive styles, and information seeking behaviors. (Contains 21…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Higher Education
Spink, Amanda; Wilson, Tom; Ellis, David; Ford, Nigel – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
This study investigates the nature, manifestations, and behavior of successive searching by users in digital environments, and establishes criteria for use in the design of information-retrieval interfaces and systems supporting successive-searching behavior. Study includes two projects--one based at the University of North Texas, one at the…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
