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Information Retrieval	2
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Access to Information	1
Citations (References)	1
Communication (Thought…	1
Electronic Publishing	1
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Man Machine Systems	1
Scholarly Communication	1
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Online Information Review

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Fong, A. C. M.	1
Hui, S. C.	1
Large, Andrew	1
Moukdad, Haidar	1
Vu, H. L.	1

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Users' Perceptions of the Web As Revealed by Transaction Log Analysis.

Peer reviewed

Moukdad, Haidar; Large, Andrew – Online Information Review, 2001

Describes the results of a transaction log analysis of a Web search engine, WebCrawler, to analyze user's queries for information retrieval. Results suggest most users do not employ advanced search features, and the linguistic structure often resembles a human-human communication model that is not always successful in human-computer communication.…

Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Retrieval, Linguistics, Man Machine Systems

Effective Techniques for Automatic Extraction of Web Publications.

Peer reviewed

Fong, A. C. M.; Hui, S. C.; Vu, H. L. – Online Information Review, 2002

Discussion of scholarly Web pages that are not accessible through standard search engines focuses on the development of automatic extraction techniques that combine lexical and syntactic analyses with heuristics. Topics include information analysis and extraction techniques; citation standards; publication index Web pages; and performance…

Descriptors: Access to Information, Citations (References), Electronic Publishing, Evaluation Methods