Information Retrieval as Situated Action.

Hert, Carol A.

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ERIC Number: EJ513872

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Publication Date: 1995

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Information Retrieval as Situated Action.

Hert, Carol A.

Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, v32 p172-80 1995

Describes an inductive, qualitative study of 30 Syracuse University students that investigated the situated nature of action during interactions with an online public access catalog. Highlights include elements of situatedness, with examples; the mapping of individual searches; and users' goals and stopping behavior. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Interviews, Online Catalogs, Search Strategies, Tables (Data), Use Studies, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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