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Turner, Deborah; Gorichanaz, Tim – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2016
The way that information users select information and news sources is impacted upon by the way that information providers package their material. This packaging has the potential to reinforce already-held beliefs and diminish social diversity. A group of scholars convened at iConference 2016 in a session for interactive engagement to discuss how…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Users (Information), Media Selection, Information Sources
Brown, Mary E. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Addresses foundations of designing a bibliographic database for casual end-users, including the representation of knowledge, hierarchical schemata, cognitive processing of search problems, basic level categories of knowledge, and Boolean strategy in online searching. A hierarchical-based query model, data-item model, and idealized data model for…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cognitive Processes, Database Design, Literature Reviews
Shepherd, Michael A.; Watters, Carolyn – Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1992
Characterizes information retrieval systems in a network environment from a user's perspective along two axes: query and presentation. Several examples of early, current, and developing information retrieval systems are considered within this framework, and Daltext, a prototype system to support research on text-based retrieval systems, is…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Networks, Database Design, Information Networks

Jantz, Ronald – College & Research Libraries, 2003
Describes the methodology and results of the log analysis for the Alcohol Studies Database (ASDB), a domain-specific database supported by the Center of Alcohol Studies at Rutgers University Libraries. The objectives were to better understand user search behavior, to analyze failure rates, and to develop approaches for improving the user…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Behavior Patterns, Computer Interfaces, Data Analysis