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Ford, Nigel; Wilson, Tom; Ellis, David; Foster, Allen; Spink, Amanda – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 2000
Provides preliminary results from a study of mediated information retrieval at the University of Sheffield (United Kingdom) based on data from 121 information seekers who requested mediated searches. Focuses on results related to the relationship between participants' gender, cognitive styles, and information seeking behaviors. (Contains 21…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSpink, Amanda; Wilson, T. D.; Ford, Nigel; Foster, Allen; Ellis, David – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Presents the theoretical framework and research design of a project based on longitudinal data collected in the United Sates and the United Kingdom that investigated the processes of mediated information retrieval searching during human information-seeking processes. Topics include problem-solving; uncertainty; cognitive styles; and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Peer reviewedSpink, Amanda; Wilson, T. D.; Ford, Nigel; Foster, Allen; Ellis, David – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Discussion of mediated successive searches conducted by intermediaries using the Dialog online service focuses on reasons, frequency, and characteristics of successive searches. Data is based on a longitudinal study conducted in the United Sates and the United Kingdom that investigated the processes of mediated information retrieval searching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewedFord, Nigel; Wilson, T. D.; Foster, Allen; Ellis, David; Spink, Amanda – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Tested hypotheses linking global/analytic cognitive styles and aspects of researchers' problem-solving and related information-seeking behavior, based on a longitudinal study conducted in the United Sates and the United Kingdom that investigated the processes of mediated information retrieval searching during human information-seeking processes.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Hypothesis Testing
Peer reviewedWilson, T. D.; Ford, Nigel J.; Ellis, David; Foster, Allen E.; Spink, Amanda – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Explores the relationship between the concept of uncertainty in information seeking within a model of the problem-solving process and variables derived from other models, based on longitudinal data collected in the United Sates and the United Kingdom that investigated the processes of mediated information retrieval searching during human…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hypothesis Testing, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Peer reviewedEllis, David; Wilson, T. D.; Ford, Nigel; Foster, Allen; Lam, H. M.; Burton, R.; Spink, Amanda – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Describes studies conducted at the University of Sheffield that explored the variables during mediated online search interaction. Discuses aspects of the mediated search process, including user satisfaction; relevant information sources; and interaction measures derived from search logs and tape transcripts, and related interaction measures.…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Information Sources, Measurement Techniques, Online Searching
