TY - GEN
T1 - Exploring search tactic patterns in searching digital libraries
AU - Joo, Soohyung
AU - Xie, Iris
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This study explored users' application of search tactics within a single search session while using the U.S. Library of Congress Digital Collections. Thirty-eight sessions of exploratory tasks were analyzed focusing on tactic application patterns. We investigated the amount of time users spent on each type of search tactics and how tactic occurrence probability changed over time during the session. Preliminary results revealed that on average users spent the most time in evaluating individual items or search results. Query creation and exploration tactics were the two main strategies to start a search session, and evaluation tactics showed high occurrence probability throughout the session.
AB - This study explored users' application of search tactics within a single search session while using the U.S. Library of Congress Digital Collections. Thirty-eight sessions of exploratory tasks were analyzed focusing on tactic application patterns. We investigated the amount of time users spent on each type of search tactics and how tactic occurrence probability changed over time during the session. Preliminary results revealed that on average users spent the most time in evaluating individual items or search results. Query creation and exploration tactics were the two main strategies to start a search session, and evaluation tactics showed high occurrence probability throughout the session.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-34752-8_48
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-34752-8_48
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84869061345
SN - 9783642347511
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 349
EP - 350
BT - The Outreach of Digital Libraries
T2 - 14th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2012
Y2 - 12 November 2012 through 15 November 2012
ER -