Understanding Preferences for Search System Interfaces and the Role of Emotive Forces: A Research Challenge.

Bell, Steven J.

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ERIC Number: EJ595408

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Publication Date: 1999

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Understanding Preferences for Search System Interfaces and the Role of Emotive Forces: A Research Challenge.

Bell, Steven J.

College & Research Libraries, v60 n5 p440-52 Sep 1999

Describes a study of graduate students that examined how Web interfaces impact the quality or outcome of online searches, as well as the information seeking behavior of the searcher. Examines how two search interfaces work to noticeably increase or decrease the impact of the emotive aspects of search behavior. (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Affective Behavior, Computer Interfaces, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Information Seeking, Online Searching, Research Methodology, Search Strategies, World Wide Web

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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