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Peer reviewedBates, Marcia J. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1979
As part of the study of human information search strategy the concept of the search tactic, or move made to further a search, is introduced. Twenty-nine tactics are named, defined, and discussed, and implications of search tactics for research in search strategy are considered. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedBates, Marcia J. – Information Processing and Management, 1990
Examines various ways of dividing the labor of an information search between the person and the system. Different configurations of two dimensions--degree of system involvement in searching and types of search activity carried out by the person or system--are discussed. Recommendations for further research and development are offered. (49…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Man Machine Systems, Models
