Real life, real users, and real needs: A study and analysis of user queries on the Web

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-227

  Jansen, Bernard J ^a   Spink, Amanda ^b   Saracevic, Tefko ^c  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; ONLINE SEARCHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

USER QUERIES;

QUERY LANGUAGES;

EID: 0033881650     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4573(99)00056-4     Document Type: Article

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