User perceptions of a federated search system Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:3360526, abstract = {To examine how users make sense of a federated search system we collected data from professional and novice searchers, using a survey instrument that contained simulated searches. A main task of participants was to provide a narrative and a drawing of their understanding of how MetaLib works. The poster presents the methodology and findings, identifies design issues related to federated search systems, and discusses strategies for increasing information literacy in federated search.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Yee, Ingrid H. and Tang, Rong and Zhang, Shanyun}, booktitle = {JCDL '06: Proceedings of the 6th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries}, citeulike-article-id = {3360526}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1141753.1141834}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1141753.1141834}, doi = {10.1145/1141753.1141834}, isbn = {1-59593-354-9}, keywords = {federated-search}, location = {Chapel Hill, NC, USA}, pages = {338}, posted-at = {2008-09-30 19:11:49}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {User perceptions of a federated search system}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1141753.1141834}, year = {2006} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:3360526 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3360526 N2 - To examine how users make sense of a federated search system we collected data from professional and novice searchers, using a survey instrument that contained simulated searches. A main task of participants was to provide a narrative and a drawing of their understanding of how MetaLib works. The poster presents the methodology and findings, identifies design issues related to federated search systems, and discusses strategies for increasing information literacy in federated search. CY - Chapel Hill, NC, USA SN - 1-59593-354-9 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 338 TI - User perceptions of a federated search system PB - ACM T2 - JCDL '06: Proceedings of the 6th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries SP - 338 KW - federated-search AU - Yee, Ingrid AU - Tang, Rong AU - Zhang, Shanyun PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1141753.1141834 ER -