scholarly journals The user's mental model of an information retrieval system: an experiment on a prototype online catalog

1986 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine L. Borgman
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Mental Model ◽  
Retrieval System ◽  
Information Retrieval System ◽  
Online Catalog

Mental Models and Information Retrieval: What Can Search Queries Tell Us?

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haidar Moukdad ◽  
Andrew Large
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Mental Models ◽  
Search Engine ◽  
Mental Model ◽  
Web Search ◽  
Retrieval System ◽  
Information Retrieval System ◽  
Search Queries ◽  
Web Search Engine ◽  
Advanced Search

When information seekers use an information retrieval system their strategy is based, at least in part, on the mental model they have constructed about this environment. A random sample was gathered of more than 2000 actual search queries submitted by users to one web search engine. WebCrawler, in two separate capture sessions. The results suggest that a high proportion of users do not employ advanced search features...

Adaptive information retrieval system applied to digital libraries

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Willrich ◽  
Rafael de Moura Speroni ◽  
Christopher Viana Lima ◽  
André Luiz de Oliveira Diaz ◽  
Sérgio Murilo Penedo
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Retrieval System ◽  
Information Retrieval System ◽  
Adaptive Information Retrieval
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