A Web query consists of one or more search terms. Queries are an integral component of
Web searching and the expression of a searcher's information problem to the Web search …

Abstract Machine processable data that narrate digital/non-digital resources are termed as
metadata. Different metadata standards exist for describing various types of digital objects …

Information professionals have long sought to comprehend what factors are relevant in
encouraging a person to seek out information. More recently, a particular focus of inquiry …

Children, teenagers, and adults abundantly use the Web to search for information. Yet this
high frequency of use stands in marked contrast with the users' relatively low awareness and …

This paper argues for a clearer conceptualization of media stimuli in experimental research
and identifies 3 issues impeding our understanding of message processing:(a) assumptions …

Purpose–This paper seeks to review the methodologies employed by researchers working
in the field of information seeking on the web. It aims to present an overall picture of the …

Purpose–This paper aims to examine our current knowledge of how searchers perceive and
react to the possibility of missing potentially important information whilst searching the web …

This article focuses on the relevance judgments made by health information users who use
the Web. Health information users were conceptualized as motivated information users …

One of the main consequences of publishing a program as libre (free, open source) software
is that its source code is made available to anyone who wants to look at it. In addition, much …

This study evaluated physical activity Web sites to determine quality, accuracy, and
consistency with principles of the extended parallel process model (EPPM). Three keyword …