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Peer reviewedVakkari, Pertti – Information Processing & Management, 1999
Analyzes certain features of work tasks and relates these features to types of information people are looking for and using in their tasks, patterning of search strategies for obtaining information and relevance assessments in choosing retrieved documents. The major claim is that these information activities are systematically connected to task…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Sources, Performance
Peer reviewedWilson, Tom – Information Processing & Management, 1999
Reviews models of information behavior and introduces a model based on the goal-directed behavior of problem solving. A key part of the information seeking and searching process, 'uncertainty reduction,' is being explored in a project supported by the British Library Research and Innovation Center. Preliminary results from the pilot phase of the…
Descriptors: Behavior, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Peer reviewedBystrom, Katriina; Jarvelin, Kalervo – Information Processing & Management, 1995
The relationships of task complexity, necessary information types, information channels and sources are analyzed at the task level on the basis of a qualitative investigation. Data were collected in a public administration setting, and the findings indicate systematic and logical relationships among the factors analyzed. (54 references)…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Processing, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Peer reviewedWildemuth, Barbara M.; Friedman, Charles P.; Keyes, John; Downs, Stephen M. – Information Processing & Management, 2000
Examines the effects of database assistance on clinical problem solving across three cohorts of medical students and two database interfaces. Discusses the relationship between personal domain knowledge and problem solving, personal domain knowledge and database searching, and comparisons of different interface styles in information retrieval…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Computer Interfaces, Databases, Evaluation Methods
