Early user - System interaction for database selection in massive domain-specific online environments

ACM Transactions on Information Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 94-131

  Conrad, Jack G ^a,c   Claussen, Joanne R S ^b  

^a Thomson Legal and Regulatory ^*  (United States)

^b West Group   (United States)

^c Thomson Legal and Regulatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Database selection; Metadata for retrieval; Structuring information to aid search and navigation; User interaction

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SELECTION; METADATA FOR RETRIEVAL; STRUCTURING INFORMATION TO AID SEARCH AND NAVIGATION; USER INTERACTION;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; METADATA; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SEARCH ENGINES;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 2442616315     PISSN: 10468188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/635484.635488     Document Type: Review

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