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 …

The Turn analyzes the research of information seeking and retrieval (IS&R) and proposes a
new direction of integrating research in these two areas: the fields should turn off their …

Information seeking is a fundamental human activity. In the modern world, it is frequently
conducted through interactions with search systems. The retrieval and comprehension of …

Users of online search engines often find it difficult to express their need for information in
the form of a query. However, if the user can identify examples of the kind of documents they …

This fully revised and updated second edition of Understanding Digital Libraries focuses on
the challenges faced by both librarians and computer scientists in a field that has been …

In this study, the effects of perceived task complexity on the relationship between information
types and information sources were examined. The information activities focused on were …

Mental models are mental representations of the external world that humans constantly use
when they interact with the environment and systems within it. These mental models are in …

In this paper we report on the application of two contrasting types of relevance feedback for
web retrieval. We compare two systems; one using explicit relevance feedback (where …

From time to time “when you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you
sometimes find that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it …

A faceted classification of interactions with information is proposed, based on an empirical
study of knowledge workers in their ordinary work environments. The purpose of the …