Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ539746
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Publication Date: 1997
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End-User Searching Behavior in Information Retrieval: A Longitudinal Study.
Yuan, Weijing
Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v48 n3 p218-34 Mar 1997
Describes a study that investigated the effects of end-user search experience on searching behavior in the use of an online information retrieval system by monitoring the QUICKLAW searches of University of Toronto law students over a one-year period. Highlights include hypothesis testing, error patterns, search speed, and attitudes. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Error Patterns, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Information Retrieval, Law Libraries, Law Students, Legal Education (Professions), Longitudinal Studies, Online Searching, Online Systems, Prior Learning, Search Strategies, Student Attitudes, Tables (Data), Time on Task, Users (Information)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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