Modelling information seeking behaviours in index use Export

@inbook{RefWorks:240, abstract = {Part of a larger study which aims to: empirically investigate book-index usage, behaviours, and the extent to which specific print index features affect a user's search for information; and to examine these features in an electronic environment and to determine the optimum specifications for indexes in electronic texts by gathering evidence from a controlled user study. Provides an overview of the research project, focusing on a subset of the results from the study of hard-copy book indexes. Describes observable behaviours of a sample of user s when consulting different variations of a hard copy book index. Suggests a preliminary model at three levels of abstraction repressing users' behaviours when using a book index.}, address = {Medford}, author = {Liddy, E. D. and Jorgensen, C.}, citeulike-article-id = {239682}, editor = {Bonzi, Susan}, keywords = {back-of-the-book\_index, indexes, indexing, information\_behavior, information\_seeking}, pages = {185--190}, posted-at = {2005-06-29 05:19:39}, priority = {2}, publisher = {New Jersey, Learned Information, Inc., For American Society for Information Science}, series = {Proceedings of the 5Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Columbus, Ohio, 24-28 October 1993}, title = {Modelling information seeking behaviours in index use}, year = {1993} }

TY - CHAP ID - RefWorks:240 L3 - citeulike-article-id:239682 N2 - Part of a larger study which aims to: empirically investigate book-index usage, behaviours, and the extent to which specific print index features affect a user's search for information; and to examine these features in an electronic environment and to determine the optimum specifications for indexes in electronic texts by gathering evidence from a controlled user study. Provides an overview of the research project, focusing on a subset of the results from the study of hard-copy book indexes. Describes observable behaviours of a sample of user s when consulting different variations of a hard copy book index. Suggests a preliminary model at three levels of abstraction repressing users' behaviours when using a book index. SE - Proceedings of the 5Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Columbus, Ohio, 24-28 October 1993 AD - Medford EP - 190 TI - Modelling information seeking behaviours in index use PB - New Jersey, Learned Information, Inc., For American Society for Information Science SP - 185 KW - back-of-the-book_index KW - indexes KW - indexing KW - information_behavior KW - information_seeking AU - Liddy, ED AU - Jorgensen, C A2 - Bonzi, Susan PY - 1993/// ER -