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Information Seeking on the Web: Effects of User and Task Variables.
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Kim, Kyung-Sun – Library & Information Science Research, 2001
This study of undergraduates investigates how cognitive style, online database experience, and task type influence users' search behavior on the Web. Considers time spent, the number of nodes visited, search performance, navigational style, and ways to improve Web interfaces and Web user training programs. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Interfaces, Higher Education, Information Seeking