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List, Alexandra; Grossnickle, Emily M.; Alexander, Patricia A. – Reading Psychology, 2016
The present study examined undergraduate students' multiple source use in response to two different types of academic questions, one discrete and one open-ended. Participants (N = 240) responded to two questions using a library of eight digital sources, varying in source type (e.g., newspaper article) and reliability (e.g., authors' credentials).…
Descriptors: Profiles, Questioning Techniques, Information Sources, Undergraduate Students
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Heywood, M. I.; Zincir-Heywood, A. N.; Chatwin, C. R. – Information Processing & Management, 2000
Proposes and analyzes a method for servicing keyword queries expressed in a digital library. Topics include efficiency via the concept of customers and producers; grouping queries into clusters of similar concepts; information density of the library; query delay; query priorities; and fuzzy decision-making. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Decision Making, Efficiency, Electronic Libraries