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Peer reviewedSpink, Amanda; Wilson, T. D.; Ford, Nigel; Foster, Allen; Ellis, David – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Discussion of mediated successive searches conducted by intermediaries using the Dialog online service focuses on reasons, frequency, and characteristics of successive searches. Data is based on a longitudinal study conducted in the United Sates and the United Kingdom that investigated the processes of mediated information retrieval searching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Longitudinal Studies
Ozmutlu, Seda; Spink, Amanda; Ozmutlu, H. Cenk – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2002
Examines and compares multimedia Web searching by Excite and FAST search engine users in 2001. Highlights include audio and video queries; time spent on searches; terms per query; ranking of the most frequently used terms; and differences in Web search behaviors of U.S. and European Web users. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Multimedia Materials, Search Engines
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 reviewedSpink, Amanda; Wilson, T. D.; Ford, Nigel; Foster, Allen; Ellis, David – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Presents the theoretical framework and research design of a project based on longitudinal data collected in the United Sates and the United Kingdom that investigated the processes of mediated information retrieval searching during human information-seeking processes. Topics include problem-solving; uncertainty; cognitive styles; and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
