The long-term effects of integral versus composite metaphors on experts' and novices' search behaviors

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 367-394

  Hsu, Yu Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Composite metaphor; Hypermedia system; Information search behavior; Integral metaphor; Long term effect; Novice versus expert

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GLOSSARIES; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONLINE SEARCHING; WEBSITES;

COMPOSITE METAPHORS; INFORMATION SEARCH BEHAVIOR; INTEGRAL METAPHORS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; NOVICE VERSUS EXPERT;

VOCABULARY CONTROL;

EID: 19944424165     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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