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Download full textRoh, Seak-Zoon; Han, Sungwook; Yu, Byeong-Min – 2001
Because the complex link and node structure awaiting users can lead them into becoming lost in hyperspace and cause them cognitive overload, navigating the hypertext system is often not an easy task, especially for novices. They may have difficulty perceiving a structure of an entire system, locating specific information, or using a navigational…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Design Preferences, Educational Technology
Ozmutlu, Seda; Ozmutlu, H. C.; Spink, Amanda – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Findings from a study of users' multitasking searches on Web search engines include: multitasking searches are a noticeable user behavior; multitasking search sessions are longer than regular search sessions in terms of queries per session and duration; both Excite and AlltheWeb.com users search for about three topics per multitasking session and…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Design Preferences, Information Retrieval, Online Searching
Jansen, Bernard J. – 2002
This research begins to refine a cognitive model of interactive information seeking for use in the design of information retrieval (IR) systems. The research reported in this paper critically examines several interactive information seeking and retrieval models that have emerged over the last two decades. Building primarily on the stratified…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer System Design, Design Preferences, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedKim, Su Hee; Eastman, Caroline M. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Describes an experiment in which presentation size and text length is varied in a HyperCard application. Students performed a fact-retrieval task from a reference handbook. No interaction is found between these two independent variables. Performance is significantly better for the longer texts, but no significant difference is found for the two…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Design Preferences, Electronic Text
Wacholder, Nina; Sharp, Mark; Liu, Lu; Yuan, Xiaojun; Song, Peng – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Reports on the methodology used in an experiment whose objective was to discover whether information seekers display experimentally demonstrable preferences for index terms with particular properties, and if so, to analyze those preferences. Results provide strong evidence that it is possible to measure human preference for index terms.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Design Preferences, Indexes
Cochenour, John J.; And Others – 1996
A study of nine different image maps from World Wide Web home pages was conducted to evaluate their effectiveness in information display and access, relative to visual, navigational, and practical characteristics. Nine independent viewers completed 20-question surveys on the image maps, in which they evaluated the characteristics of the maps on a…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Aesthetic Values, Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces
Peer reviewedCherry, Joan M. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1998
Evaluation of data from assessments of full bibliographic displays in academic library OPACs (online public access catalogs) and World Wide Web catalogs against a checklist of desirable features found that OPAC displays scored 58% and Web displays scored 60%. Discusses weaknesses, focusing on those found in the majority of the displays…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Records, Check Lists, Comparative Analysis
