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ERIC Number: EJ513872
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0160-0044
Information Retrieval as Situated Action.
Hert, Carol A.
Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, v32 p172-80 1995
Describes an inductive, qualitative study of 30 Syracuse University students that investigated the situated nature of action during interactions with an online public access catalog. Highlights include elements of situatedness, with examples; the mapping of individual searches; and users' goals and stopping behavior. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Interviews, Online Catalogs, Search Strategies, Tables (Data), Use Studies, Users (Information)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Examples; Mapping; Situated Action; Syracuse University NY; Transaction Log Analysis
Note: Paper presented at the ASIS Annual Meeting (58th, Chicago, IL, October 9-12, 1995).