Where Should the Person Stop and the Information Search Interface Start?.

Bates, Marcia J.

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ERIC Number: EJ418646

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Publication Date: 1990

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Where Should the Person Stop and the Information Search Interface Start?

Bates, Marcia J.

Information Processing and Management, v26 n5 p575-91 1990

Examines various ways of dividing the labor of an information search between the person and the system. Different configurations of two dimensions--degree of system involvement in searching and types of search activity carried out by the person or system--are discussed. Recommendations for further research and development are offered. (49 references) (MES)

Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Man Machine Systems, Models, Online Systems, Search Strategies, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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