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June 13, 2012 by Gary Price

Research Paper: Search Strategies of Library Search Experts

June 13, 2012 by Gary Price

From researchers in Estonia.

Title

Search Strategies of Library Search Experts

Authors

Kristiina Singer, University of Tartu
Georg Singer, University of Tartu
Krista Lepik, University of Tartu
Ulrich Norbisrath, University of Tartu
Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, University of Tartu

Source

via arXiv

Abstract

Search engines like Google, Yahoo or Bing are an excellent support for finding documents, but this strength also imposes a limitation. As they are optimized for document retrieval tasks, they perform less well when it comes to more complex search needs. Complex search tasks are usually described as open-ended, abstract and poorly defined information needs with a multifaceted character. In this paper we will present the results of an experiment carried out with information professionals from libraries and museums in the course of a search contest. The aim of the experiment was to analyze the search strategies of experienced information workers trying to tackle search tasks of varying complexity and get qualitative results on the impact of time pressure on such an experiment.

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Includes bibliography.

Filed under: Journal Articles, Libraries, Resources

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Information Retrieval/SearchSearch SkillsSearch StrategiesWeb Search Databases

About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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