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Linguistic Aspects of Web Queries.
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
Elicitation Behavior during Mediated Information Retrieval.
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Spink, Amanda; Goodrum, Abby; Robins, David – Information Processing & Management, 1998
Elicitations study during 40 mediated information retrieval (IR) interactions identified 1557 search intermediary elicitations within 15 purpose categories (requests for information on search terms and strategies, database selection, search procedures, system's outputs and relevance of retrieved items, and users' knowledge and previous…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer System Design, Databases, Information Retrieval
Examining Different Regions of Relevance: From Highly Relevant to Not Relevant.
Spink, Amanda; Greisdorf, Howard; Bateman, Judy – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1998
Proposes a useful concept of relevance as a relationship and an effect on the movement of a user through the iterative stages of their information seeking process, and that users' relevance judgments can be plotted on a Three-Dimensional Spatial Model of Relevance Level, Degree and Time. Discusses implications for the development of information…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Systems
Multitasking Information Seeking and Searching Processes.
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Spink, Amanda; Ozmutlu, H. Cenk; Ozmutlu, Seda – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Presents findings from four studies of the prevalence of multitasking information seeking and searching by Web (via the Excite search engine), information retrieval system (mediated online database searching), and academic library users. Highlights include human information coordinating behavior (HICB); and implications for models of information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer System Design, Databases, Higher Education