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Jansen, Bernard J.; Spink, Amanda; Pfaff, Anthony – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 2000
Discussion of terms and how they are used in queries in information retrieval focuses on a transaction log analysis of queries posed on an Internet search service that isolated basic query structure syntactic patterns. Describes a linguistic model that classified Web queries and suggests implications for information retrieval system design.…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer System Design, Information Retrieval, Internet
Weinberg, Bella Hass – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1996
Discusses detailed classification systems, sophisticated alphabetical indexing systems and reasons for the abandonment of complex indexing systems. The suggested structure for indexing the Internet or other large electronic collections of documents is based on that of book indexes: specific headings with coined modifications. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Classification, Computer System Design, Document Delivery, Electronic Libraries
Nahl, Diane; Meer, Muhammad Pervaiz – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1997
Users in this study of two Web browsers had significantly higher success with Internet Explorer than with Netscape Navigator, made a variety of errors in several tasks, and those reporting higher self-confidence had significantly higher success scores. Results confirm the expectation that affective and cognitive measures add valuable user-centered…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Feedback, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Pino, Jose A. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1998
When young people are provided with the means to effectively reach political decision makers and influence them, there is hope to make them participate in politics and to revitalize democracy. This paper presents the conceptual design of an Internet-based system intended to enable such participation; the presentation is illustrated with the case…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Case Studies, Computer Mediated Communication
