Many users of online and other automated information systems want to take advantage of
the speed and power of automated retrieval, while still controlling and directing the steps of …

Significant amounts of our time and energy are devoted to creating, managing, and avoiding
information. Computers and telecommunications technology have extended our regard for …

First, a new model of searching in online and other information systems, called
'berrypicking', is discussed. This model, it is argued, is much closer to the real behavior of …

Reviews studies on the relationship between task performance and information searching
by end-users, focusing on information searching in electronic environments and information …

When users have poorly defined or complex goals, search interfaces that offer only keyword‐
searching facilities provide inadequate support to help them reach their information‐seeking …

An empirical investigation of information retrieval (IR) using the MEDLINE 1 database was
carried out to study user behaviour, performance and to investigate the reasons for …

Several recent studies have found only a weak relationship between the performance of a
retrieval system and the" success" achievable by human searchers. We hypothesize that …

The article discusses the users' perspective of information seeking. A model of the
information search process is presented derived from a series of five studies investigating …

Information retrieval is a fundamental component of human information behavior. The ability
to extract useful information from large electronic resources not only is one of the main …

An experimental computer intermediary system, CONIT, that assists users in accessing and
searching heterogeneous retrieval systems has been enhanced with various search aids …