The influence of mental models and goals on search patterns during web interaction

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1152-1169

  Slone, Debra J ^a  

^a CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; QUERY LANGUAGES; SEARCH ENGINES; WEBSITES;

MENTAL MODELS; ONLINE CATALOG; SEARCH PATTERNS; UNIFIED RESOURCE LANGUAGE;

ONLINE SEARCHING;

EID: 0036851948     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.10141     Document Type: Article

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