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Brown, Mary E. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Presents a general model of the information-seeking process. Various aspects of information-seeking behavior are projected over an organizational and behavioral framework; three dimensions of information-seeking behavior are described, i.e., the conditions, the context, and the process; interactions among these dimensions are considered; and…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Information Seeking, Information Services, Interaction
Marcus, Richard S. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Discusses general issues of computer and human understanding; contrasts three paradigms of information retrieval methodology, including statistical, deep semantic or natural language, and smart Boolean; describes CONIT, a knowledge-based intermediary retrieval assistance system; and examines system evaluation procedures, including a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Expert Systems, Information Retrieval
Saracevic, Tefko – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Synthesizes major findings from research on the magnitude of individual differences in information retrieval (IR) tasks and suggests implications for practice and design of IR systems and interfaces. Topics discussed include indexing consistency, relevance judgments, selection of subject headings, selection of search terms, and search retrievals.…
Descriptors: Indexing, Individual Differences, Information Retrieval, Literature Reviews
Warner, Julian – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1992
Discusses an experiment with the "Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors" which aimed to adapt established criteria for the evaluation of information retrieval systems to the assessment of searcher performance in online bibliographic searching. The concept of relevance is discussed, and the Cranfield paradigm for the evaluation of information…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval
Solomon, Paul – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1992
Explores the dynamics of information system use to understand the requirements of intelligent information systems. Highlights include the novice/expert distinction and the development of skills from novice to expert; methods for understanding dynamics; and a study of elementary school children's use of an online public access catalog in grades…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 1, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
Balaraman, Kamala – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Describes preliminary results of a study that examined the effect of individual differences on the use of CD-ROM databases by novice undergraduate users. Factors considered include age, sex, native language, major, computer literacy, computer affinity, personality traits, learning style, visual ability, and perceived usefulness of the system. A…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Correlation, Databases, Higher Education
