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ERIC Number: EJ643520
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-3318-3324
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A Comparison of the Use of Text Summaries, Plain Thumbnails, and Enhanced Thumbnails for Web Search Tasks.
Woodruff, Allison; Rosenholtz, Ruth; Morrison, Julie B.; Faulring, Andrew; Pirolli, Peter
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, v53 n2 p172-85 Jan 15, 2002
Discussion of Web search strategies focuses on a comparative study of textual and graphical summarization mechanisms applied to search engine results. Suggests that thumbnail images (graphical summaries) can increase efficiency in processing results, and that enhanced thumbnails (augmented with readable textual elements) had more consistent performance than text summaries or plain thumbnails. (LRW)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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