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Peer reviewedSpink, Amanda; Jansen, Bernard J.; Ozmultu, H. Cenk – Internet Research, 2000
Examines the use of query reformulation and particularly the use of relevance feedback by users of the Excite Web search engine. Discusses results that show limited use of query reformulation and relevance feedback; identifies the most common pattern of searching; and discusses implications for Web search system design. (Contains 16 references.)…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Feedback, Information Retrieval, Man Machine Systems
Goodrum, Abby; Spink, Amanda – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1999
Examines visual information needs as expressed in users' Web image queries; the data set consisted of 1,025,908 sequential queries from 211,058 users of EXCITE, a major Internet search service. Provides data on: image queries, image search sessions, and image terms. Discusses implications for the development of models for visual information…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Services
Peer reviewedSpink, 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
