Research on Web search behavior

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-185

  Hsieh Yee, Ingrid ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038224863     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-8188(01)00069-X     Document Type: Review

References (65)

1. Bao X.-M. Changes and opportunities: A report of the 1998 library survey of Internet users at Seton Hall University. College & Research Libraries. 59:1998;535-543.
2. Bilal D. Children's search processes in using World Wide Web search engines: An exploratory study. Preston C.M. Proceedings of the 61st ASIS Annual Meeting. 1998;45-53 Information Today, Medford, NJ.
3. Bilal D. Web search engines for children: A comparative study and performance evaluation of Yahooligans!, Ask Jeeves for Kids and Super Snooper. Woods L. Proceedings of the 62nd ASIS Annual Meeting. 1999;70-83 Information Today, Medford, NJ.
4. Bilal D. Children's use of the Yahooligans! Web search engine: I. Cognitive, physical, and affective behaviors on fact-based search tasks. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 51:2000;646-665.
5. Byrne M.D., John B.E., Wehrle N.S., Crow D.C. The tangled Web we wove: A taskonomy of WWW use. Williams M.G., Altom M.W., Ehrlich K., Newman W. CHI 99 Conference Proceedings. 1999;544-551 ACM, New York.
6. Carlson J.R., Kacmar C.J. Increasing link marker effectiveness for WWW and other hypermedia interfaces: An examination of end-user preferences. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 50:1999;386-398.
7. Catledge L.D., Pitkow J.E. Characterizing browsing strategies in the World-Wide Web. Computer Networks and ISDN Systems. 27:1995;1065-1073. Also available: http://www.igd.fhg.de/www/www95/papers/80/userpatterns/UserPatterns.Paper4. formatted.html.
8. Chang S.-H. current state of Web search engines. OCLC Systems and Services. 15:1999;148-149.
9. Chen, B., Wang, H., Proctor, R. W., & Salvendy, G. (1997). A human-centered approach for improving World Wide Web Browsers Retrieved May 1, 2000 from: http://palette.ecn.purdue.edu/~bchen/project/paper.html.
10. Choo C.W., Detlor B., Turnbull D. Information seeking on the Web - An integrated model of browsing and searching. Woods L. Proceedings of the 62nd ASIS Annual Meeting. 1999;3-16 Information Today, Medford, NJ.
11. Cockburn A., Jones S. Which way now? Analyzing and easing inadequacies in WWW navigation. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 45:1996;105-129.
12. DeZelar-Tiedman C. Known-item searching on the World Wide Web. Internet Reference Services Quarterly. 2:1997;5-14.
13. Ding W., Marchionini G. A comparative study of Web search service performance. Proceedings of the 59th ASIS Annual Meeting. 1996;136-142 Information Today, Medford, NJ.
14. Eliasen K., McKinstry J., Fraser B.M., Babbitt E.P. Navigating online menus: A quantitative experiment. College and Research Libraries. 58:1997;509-516.
15. Ellis D. A behaviour model for information retrieval system design. Journal of Information Science. 15:1989;237-247.
16. Feldman S.E. The Internet search-off: Results and ruminations [searching DIALOG and Dow Jones Interactive]. Williams M.E. Nineteenth National Online Meeting Proceedings. 1998;125-130 Information Today, New York.
17. Fidel R., Davies R.K., Douglass M.H., Holder J.K., Hopkins C.J., Kushner E.J., Miyagishimo B.K., Toney C.D. A visit to the information mall: Web searching behavior of high school students. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 50:1999;24-37.
18. Fifth Annual Search Engine Meeting Report (2000). Retrieved March 15, 2001 from: http://websearch.about.com/internet/websearch/library/blsem.htm .
19. Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center (1999). GUV's 10th WWW user survey. Retrieved March 15, 2001 from: http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/survey-1998-10/ .
20. Hawk W.B., Wang P. Users' interaction with the World Wide Web: Problems & problem-solving. Woods L. Proceedings of the 62nd ASIS Annual Meeting. 1999;256-270 Information Today, Medford, NJ.
21. He P.W., Jacobson T.E. What are they doing with the Internet? A study of user information seeking behaviors. Internet Reference Services Quarterly. 1:1996;31-51.
22. Hert C.A., Marchionini G. Information seeking behavior on statistical websites: Theoretical and design implications. Preston C.M. Proceedings of the 61st ASIS Annual Meeting. 1998;303-314 Information Today, Medford, NJ.
23. Hoelscher C., Strube G. Web search behavior of Internet experts and newbies. Proceedings of the Ninth International World Wide Web Conference. 2000;337-346. Retrieved March 15, 2001 from: http://www.www9.org/w9cdrom/81/81.html.
24. Hsieh-Yee I. The retrieval power of selected search engines: How well do they address general reference questions and subject questions? Reference Librarian. 60:1998a;27-47.
25. Hsieh-Yee I. Search tactics of Web users in searching for texts, graphics, known items and subjects: A search simulation study. Reference Librarian. 60:1998b;61-85.
26. Hsieh-Yee, I., Davidson, S., & Ozgar, D. (1998). Tactics for searching and browsing on the Web. Unpublished manuscript.
27. Ingwersen P. Information retrieval interaction. 1992;Taylor Graham, London, UK.
28. Kafai Y., Bates M.J. Internet Web-searching instruction in the elementary classroom: Building a foundation for information literacy. School Library Media Quarterly. 25:1997;103-111.
29. Kellogg W.A., Richards J.T. The human factors of information on the Internet. Nielsen J. Advances in human-computer interaction. Vol. 5:1995;1-36 Ablex, Norwood, NJ.
30. Khan K., Locatis C. Searching through cyberspace: The effects of link display and link density on information retrieval from hypertext on the World Wide Web. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 49:1998a;176-182.
31. Khan K., Locatis C. Searching through cyberspace: The effects of link cues and correspondence on information retrieval from hypertext on the World Wide Web. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 49:1998b;1248-1253.
32. Large A., Beheshti J., Moukdad H. Information seeking on the Web: Navigational skills of grade-six primary school students. Woods L. Proceedings of the 62nd ASIS Annual Meeting. 1999;84-97 Information Today, Medford, NJ.
33. Lawrence S., Giles L. Searching the World Wide Web. Science. 280:1998;98-100.
34. Lawrence S., Giles C.L. Accessibility and distribution of information on the Web. Nature. 400:1999;107-109.
35. Leighton, H. V. (1995). Performance of four World Wide Web (WWW) index services: Infoseek, Lycos, WebCrawler, and WWWWorm. Retrieved March 15, 2001 from: http://www.winona.msus.edu/library/webind.htm .
36. Lyons, D. J., et al. (1997). An investigation of the use of the World Wide Web for online inquiry in a science classroom (Report No.). East Lansing, MI: National Center for Research on Teacher Learning. (ERIC Document No. ED 406158).
37. Marchionini G. Information-seeking strategies of novices using a full-text electronic encyclopedia. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 40:1989;54-66.
38. Marchionini G. Information seeking in electronic environments. 1995;Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA.
39. Marchionini G., Shneiderman B. Finding facts versus browsing knowledge in hypertext systems. Shneiderman B. Sparks of innovation in human-computer interaction. 1993;103-122 Ablex, Norwood, NJ.
40. Nahl D. Ethnography of novices' first use of Web search engines: Affective control in cognitive processing. Internet Reference Services Quarterly. 3:1998;51-72.
41. Navarro-Prieto, R., Scaife, M., & Rogers, Y. (1999). Cognitive strategies in Web searching. Retrieved March 15, 2001 from: http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/hfweb/proceedings/navarro-prieto/index.html .
42. Notess, G. (2000). Search engine showdown: The users' guide to Web searching. Retrieved March 15, 2001 from: http://www.notess.com/search/ .
43. NPD New Media Services. (2000). NPD search and portal site study. Retrieved March 15, 2001 from: http://searchenginewatch.com/reports/npd.html .
44. Piper A.I. Conducting social science laboratory experiments on the World Wide Web. Library & Information Science Research. 20:1998;5-21.
45. Saracevic T. Modeling interaction in information retrieval (IR): A review and proposal. Hardin S. Proceedings of the 59th ASIS Annual Meeting. 1996;3-9 Information Today, Medford, NJ.
46. Schacter J., Chung G.K.W.K., Dorr A. Children's Internet searching on complex problems: Performance and process analyses. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 49:1998;840-849.
47. Schwartz C. Web search engines. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 49:1998;973-982.
48. Search Engine Watch (2000a). The search engine index. Retrieved March 15, 2001 from: http://searchenginewatch.com/reports/seindex.html .
49. Search Engine Watch. (2000b). Search engine features for searchers. Retrieved March 15, 2001 from: http://www.searchenginewatch.com/facts/ataglance.html .
50. Shneiderman B. Designing information-abundant web sites: issues and recommendations. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 47:1997;5-29.
51. Spink A., Bateman J., Jansen B.J. Users' searching behavior on the Excite Web search engine. Williams M.E. Nineteenth National Online Meeting Proceedings. 1998a;375-386 Information Today, New York.
52. Spink A., Bateman J., Jansen B.J. Searching heterogeneous collections on the Web: Behavior of Excite users. Information Research. 4:1998b;. Retrieved March 15, 2001 from: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~is/publications/infres/paper53.html.
53. Spink A., Bateman J., Jansen B.J. Searching the Web: A survey of Excite users. Internet Research. Electronic Networking Applications and Policy. 9:1999;117-128.
54. Su L.T., Chen H.-L. Evaluation of Web search engines by undergraduate students. Woods L. Proceedings of the 62nd ASIS Annual Meeting. 1999;98-114 Information Today, Medford, NJ.
55. Tauscher L., Greenberg S. How people revisit Web pages: Empirical findings and implications for the design of history system. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 47:1997a;97-137.
56. Tauscher L., Greenberg S. Revisitation patterns in World Wide Web navigation. Pemberton S. Proceedings of CHI 97 Human Factors in Computing Systems. 1997b;399-406 ACM, New York. Also available online: http://www.acm.org/sigchi/chi97/proceedings/paper/sg.htm.
57. Tillotson J., Cherry J.M., Clinton M. Internet use through the University of Toronto library: Demographics, destinations, and users' reactions. Information Technology and Libraries. 14:1995;190-198.
58. Voorbij H.J. Searching scientific information on the Internet: A Dutch academic user survey. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 50:1999;598-615.
59. Wallace, R., & Kupperman, J. (1997). Online search in the science classroom: Benefits and possibilities. Retrieved May 1, 2001 from: http://mydl.soe.umich.edu/papers/online/search.pdf .
60. Wang P., Hawk W.B., Tenopir C. Users' interaction with World Wide Web resources: An exploratory study using a holistic approach. Information Processing & Management. 36:2000;229-251.
61. Wang P., Tenopir C. An exploratory study of users' interaction with World Wide Web resources: Information skills, cognitive styles, affective states, and searching behaviors. Williams M.E. Nineteenth National Online Meeting Proceedings. 1998;445-454 Information Today, New York.
62. Wang P., Tenopir C., Layman E., Penniman D., Collins S. An exploratory study of user searching of the World Wide Web: A holistic approach. Preston C.M. Proceedings of the 61st ASIS Annual Meeting. 1998;389-399 Information Today, Medford, NJ.
63. Watson J.S. If you can't have it, you can't find it. A close look at students' perceptions of using technology. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 49:1998;1024-1036.
64. Wiley D.L. Beyond information retrieval: Ways to provide content in context. Database. 21:1998;18-22. Also available: http://www.onlineinc.com/database/DB1998/wiley8.html.
65. Yee, P., Hsieh-Yee, I., Thompson, E., Karn, M., & Weaver, D. (1998). Individual differences in search behavior on the WWW. Unpublished manuscript.