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Download full textWhite, Marilyn Domas; Iivonen, Mirja – 1999
This paper studies the influence of question-related variables (closed/open and predictable/unpredictable) on a Web user's choice of search strategy in the initial stage of a search. Search strategies considered include direct address, subject directory, and search engine. Objectives were to determine the adaptiveness of Web users in choosing an…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
