This paper proposes an uncertainty principle for information seeking. The principle is based
on the results of a series of studies conducted by the author into the user's perspective of the …

The objective of the paper is to amalgamate theories of text retrieval from various research
traditions into a cognitive theory for information retrieval interaction. Set in a cognitive …

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

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 …

A fresh research approach that bridges the study of human information interaction and the
design of information systems. Human information interaction (HII) is an emerging area of …

An exploratory study was conducted of elementary school children searching a full‐text
electronic encyclopedia on CD‐ROM. Twenty‐eight third and fourth graders and 24 sixth …

A behavioural model derived from analysis of the informa tion-seeking patterns of academic
social scientists is employed to provide recommendations for information retrieval system …

An empirical study was performed to train naive subjects in the use of a prototype Boolean
logic-based information retrieval system on a bibliographic database. Subjects were …

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 …