Use of query reformulation and relevance feedback by Excite users

Internet Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 317-328

  Spink, Amanda ^a   Jansen, Bernard J ^b   Ozmultu, H Cenk ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Excite; Human computer interaction; Information retrieval; Internet; Search engines; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040739100     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240010342621     Document Type: Article

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