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Information Seeking and Mediated Searching Study. Part 3. Successive Searching.

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Spink, 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

Information-Seeking and Mediated Searching. Part 1. Theoretical Framework and Research Design.

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Spink, 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