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ERIC Number: EJ595521
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0735-6331
Expert Internet Information Access.
Carroll, James B.
Journal of Educational Computing Research, v20 n3 p209-222 1999
Expert users of the Internet were studied to identify the strategies they used to locate specific information. Participants' searching actions were recorded, including counts of each movement from Web page to Web page and within Web pages. Three patterns appeared: keyword searching, hierarchical searching, and meandering. Implications for the design of curriculum for Internet use in classrooms are suggested. (Author)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Internet, Online Searching, Search Strategies, User Needs (Information), World Wide Web
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Computer Users; Web Sites