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Peer reviewedChen, Hsin-liang – Information Processing & Management, 2001
Investigated undergraduate art history majors' image retrieval tasks and image query modes. Discusses gender differences; prior information retrieval experience; significant differences between the number of search terms users planned to use and the number they actually used; and implications for image indexing tools, image retrieval system…
Descriptors: Art History, Computer System Design, Gender Issues, Higher Education
Peer reviewedFord, Nigel; Miller, David; Moss, Nicola – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
This article reports the results of a study of Master's degree students concerning the role of individual differences in Internet searching, including cognitive styles, levels of prior experience, Internet perceptions, study approaches, age, and gender. Discusses retrieval effectiveness and self-efficacy and suggests implications for system…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Style, Computer System Design, Gender Issues
