Browsing Is a Collaborative Process.

Twidale, Michael B.; Nichols, David M.; Paice, Chris D.

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ERIC Number: EJ557264

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Publication Date: 1997

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Browsing Is a Collaborative Process.

Twidale, Michael B.; Nichols, David M.; Paice, Chris D.

Information Processing & Management, v33 n6 p761-83 Nov 1997

Discusses database interfaces and explains that collaboration is an important aspect of searching online information retrieval systems that requires explicit computerized support. Collaboration in physical and in digital libraries is discussed and an example of a system that supports collaboration between browsers, ARIADNE, is described. (105 references) (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Cooperation, Databases, Electronic Libraries, Gateway Systems, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Search Strategies

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Language: English

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