Results for Information Seeking Behavior

There are 13 resources for Information Seeking Behavior in the library.

Articles and Papers

Depth vs Breadth in the Arrangement of Web Links
by Lianaeli Mtei, Panayiotis Zaphiris (1997)
Subject: Information Seeking Behavior
Language: English
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of depth and breadth of web site structure on the user response time.

Designing for Information Foragers: A Behavioral Model for Information Seeking on the World Wide Web
by James Kalbach (2000)
Subject: Information Science, Information Seeking Behavior, User Centered Design
Language: English
Abstract: This paper explains and elaborates a behavioral model for understanding how people look for information on the Web. The first half briefly reviews a wide range key research to provide a broader context for understanding human information seeking behavior and a starting point for further exploration. The second part proposes a model for organizing design ideas based on this research.

Four Modes of Seeking Information and How to Design for Them
by Donna Maurer (3/14/2006)
Subject: Information Seeking Behavior
Language: English
Abstract: Information-seeking behavior varies from situation to situation. Donna Mauer explores different ways in which users look for information and offers tactics for accommodating them.
Note: Boxes and Arrows

From Data to Wisdom: An Interview with Paco Underhill
by Liz Danzico (11/28/2006)
Subject: Cognitive Science, Information Seeking Behavior, Research Methods
Language: English
Abstract: How can the simple act of watching people make better products? Paco Underhill, the foremost expert in behavior market research, talks about the pyramid of knowledge, worshipping at the altar of the CEO, and the need to supersize or specialize.
Note: Boxes and Arrows

I'm Feeling Lucky : The Role of Emotions in Seeking Information on the Web PDF Document
by James Kalbach (2003)
Subject: Information Seeking Behavior
Language: English
Abstract: Absent from current web design theory and practice is a pattern for emotive criticism. This article outlines a framework for understanding users' emotional states as they seek information on the web. It is inspired largely by Carol Kuhlthau's (1991, 1993, 1999) work in library services, which is adapted to web-based search systems.

Information Foraging
by Stuart K. Card, Peter Pirolli (1999)
Subject: Classics, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking Behavior
Language: English
Abstract: Information Foraging Theory is an approach to understanding how strategies and technologies for information seeking, gathering, and consumption are adapted to the flux of information in the environment. The theory assumes that people, when possible, will modify their strategies or the structure of the environment to maximize their rate of gaining valuable information.

Metaphors We Surf the Web By PDF Document
by Paul P. Maglio, Teenie Matlock (1998)
Subject: Information Seeking Behavior
Language: English
Abstract: The way people think about the World-Wide Web (WWW) has implications for the way that they navigate it. In this paper, we discuss the nature of people’s metaphorical conception of the WWW, as gathered from interviews with beginning and experienced web users. Based on linguistic data, we argue that people naturally think of the web as a kind of physical space in which they move, although information on the web is not physical, and web users do not actually move. Nevertheless, such metaphorical thought is motivated by the same basic image schemata that people rely on to mentally structure everyday life.

On Uncertainty in Information Architecture, Journal of IA PDF Document
by James Kalbach (4/2009)
Subject: Information Architecture - Theory, Information Seeking Behavior
Language: English
Abstract: Uncertainty, in general, is a fundamental aspect of human activity and underlies much of our decision making. The notion of uncertainty in information seeking, in particular, dates back to Shannon and Weaver (1949) and since then has been investigated in many forms. Kulthau's (1993) work on information uncertainty is perhaps the most extensive. Through two specific examples, this article proposes uncertainty as a unifying heuristic in information architecture. Measurements of uncertainty can serve a diagnostic function in both the design and evaluation of information technologies and user interfaces.
Available Translations:
Italiano at iainstitute.org/it/translations/001186.php

Web Navigation: Resolving Conflicts between the Desktop and the Web
by Carola Fellenz, Jarmo Parkkinen, Hal Shubin (1998)
Subject: Information Seeking Behavior
Language: English
Abstract: This paper summarizes a workshop at CHI98 that focused on navigational problems caused by differences in navigational models between the desktop and the Web.

What Do Web Users Do? An Empirical Analysis of Web Use PDF Document
by Andy Cockburn, Bruce McKenzie (2000)
Subject: Information Seeking Behavior
Language: English
Abstract: This paper provides an empirical characterisation of user actions at the web browser. The study is based on an analysis of four months of logged client-side data that describes user actions with recent versions of Netscape Navigator. In particular, the logged data allows us to determine the title, URL and time of each page visit, how often they visited each page, how long they spent at each page, the growth and content of bookmark collections, as well as a variety of other aspects of user interaction with the web. The results update and extend prior empirical characterisations of web use. Among the results we show that web page revisitation is a much more prevalent activity than previously reported (approximately 81% of pages have been previously visited by the user), that most pages are visited for a surprisingly short period of time, that users maintain large (and possibly overwhelming) bookmark collections, and that there is a marked lack of commonality in the pages visited by different users.


Books

Information Seeking in Electronic Environments
by Gary Marchionini (1997)
Subject: Information Retrieval, Information Seeking Behavior, Interface Design
Language: English
Abstract: Discusses both searching and browsing interfaces to aid users in their information seeking. Includes research on information-seeking efforts and strategies, describes browsing strategies and systems that support them, as well as trends and strategies for the future.


Presentations and Podcasts

Age Group Differences in World Wide Web Navigation
by Sherry E. Mead, Beth Meyer, Richard A. Sit, Victoria A. Spaulding (1997)
Subject: Conferences & Meetings, Information Seeking Behavior
Language: English
Abstract: This paper, presented at the CHI 97 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, discusses the influence of age on Web surfers' browsing behavior.

Revisitation Patterns in World Wide Web Navigation
by Saul Greenberg, Linda Tauscher (1997)
Subject: Conferences & Meetings, Information Seeking Behavior
Language: English
Abstract: This paper, presented at the CHI 97 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, addresses users' revisitation patterns to Web pages. The others then propose a design base for history mechanisms in Web browsers.


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