This research investigated the ways in which different levels of knowledge about a topic can
affect searching for information on that topic in a library online catalog. It was found that …

The symposium on which this volume was based brought together approximately fifty
scientists from a variety of backgrounds to discuss the rapidly-emerging set of competing …

Communication Patterns of Engineers brings together, summarizes, and analyzes the
research on how engineers communicate, presenting benchmark data and identifying gaps …

This study investigated the effects of subject knowledge and search experience on novices'
and experienced searchers' use of search tactics in online searches. Novice and …

This is the first part of a two‐part article that reviews 25 years of published research findings
on end‐user searching in online information retrieval (IR) systems. In Part 1 (Markey, 2007) …

Abstract The Getty Art History Information Program carried out a two‐year project to study
how advanced humanities scholars operate as end users of online databases. Visiting …

A study of keyword and Boolean searching by users of an online catalog at the University of
Oklahoma is reported on. The primary aim of the study was to discover if typical users of a …

This study explores the human aspects of feedback in information retrieval (IR). Feedback is
an important concept within information retrieval studies, as an underlying aspect of the …

This is the second part of a two‐part article that examines 25 years of published research
findings on end‐user searching of online information retrieval (IR) systems. In Part 1 …

This paper compares user's opening queries and their search progression in two sets of
data: logs of end-user online searches and user-librarian reference interactions. The two …