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Toms, Elaine G.; Freund, Luanne – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Tests the use of questions as a technique in the query specification process. Using a within-subjects design, 48 people interacted with a modified Google interface to solve four information problems in four domains. Half the tasks were entered as typical keyword queries, and half as questions or statements. Results suggest the typical search box…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Online Searching, Search Engines
