The Effect of Human Behavior on the Design of an Information Retrieval System Interface.

Jin, Zhang; Fine, Sara

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ERIC Number: EJ541483

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Publication Date: 1996

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The Effect of Human Behavior on the Design of an Information Retrieval System Interface.

Jin, Zhang; Fine, Sara

International Information and Library Review, v28 n3 p249-60 Sep 1996

Focuses on human behavior in the information-seeking process, and identifies behaviors influencing the design of information retrieval system interfaces. Discusses the principles of saturation, concreteness, least resistance, familiarity, stimulation, certainty, simplicity, and following-form. (PEN)

Descriptors: Behavior, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Systems, Man Machine Systems, Online Searching

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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