Student vs. search engine: Undergraduates rank results for relevance

Portal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 503-515

  Nowicki, Stacy ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

College students; Computer literacy; Information literacy; Relevance; Search engines; World wide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744821581     PISSN: 15312542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pla.2003.0065     Document Type: Article

References (68)

1. Xiaoying Dong and Louise T. Su, "Search Engines on the World Wide Web and Information Retrieval from the Internet: A Review and Evaluation," Online & CDROM Review 21,2 (1997): 78;
2. Michael Gordon and Praveen Pathak, "Finding Information on the World Wide Web: The Retrieval Effectiveness of Search Engines," Information Processing and Management 35 (1999): 147.
3. Kurt I. Munson, "Internet Search Engines: Understanding Their Design to Improve Information Retrieval," Journal of Internet Cataloging 2,3/4 (2000): 50;
4. Danny Sullivan, "How Search Engines Work" (October 14, 2002).Available:[June 13,2003].
5. Sullivan.
6. Ran Hock, "How to Do Field Searching in Web Search Engines: A Field Trip," Online 22, 3 (1998): 18+;
7. Information Advisor Survey, "Information Advisor Survey Reveals Search Habits," in Information Advisor (1998), 7+;
8. Andrew Kingoff, "Comparing Internet Search Engines," Computer 30, 4 (1997): 117-18;
9. Greg R. Notess, "Rising Relevance in Search Engines," Online 23, 3 (1999): 84+.
10. Sullivan.
11. Sullivan, Ibid.
12. Greg R. Notess, "Review of LookSmart" (2002).Available: [June 13, 2003];
13. Greg R. Notess, "Review of Open Directory" (2002).Available: [June 13,2003].
14. Sullivan.
15. Google Web Directory, "Google Web Directory"(2003).Available: [13,2003].
16. Candy Schwartz, "Web Search Engines," Journal of the American Society for Information Science 49, 11(1998): 973-982;
17. Nancy Sirapyan, "Search Sites," PC Magazine 18, 17 (1999);
18. Nancy Sirapyan, "In Search of⋯," PC Magazine 19, 21(2000): 187-198.
19. Hock; Eric T. Davis, "A Comparison of Seven Search Engines"(1996).Available:[June 13,2003];
20. Susan Feldman,"The Internet Search-Off," Searcher 6,2(1998):28+;
21. Susan Feldman, "Web Search Services in 1998: Trends and Challenges," Searcher 6,6(1998):29-39.
22. James Poniewozik, "Field-Testing the Web's Retrievers," Fortune 139,4(1999):60.
23. Peggy Zorn et al., "Advanced Searching: Tricks of the Trade," Online 20,3(1996): 15-28.
24. Heting Chu and Marilyn Rosenthal, "Search Engines for the World Wide Web: A Comparative Study and Evaluation Methodology," Global Coniplexity: Information,Chaos, and Control. Proceedings of the 59th ASIS Annual Meeting (1996): 127-35.Available:[June 13,2003].
25. Amanda Spink et al., "Searching the Web: The Public and Their Queries," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 52,3(2001):226-34;
26. Scott Hertzberg and Lawrence Rudner, "The Quality of Researchers' Searches of the ERIC Database," Education Policy Analysis Archives 7, 25 (1999): 72.
27. Tefko Saracevic, "Relevance: A Review of and Framework for the Thinking on the Notion in Information Science," Journal of the American Society for Information Science 26, 1975 (1975): 324;
28. Linda Schamber,Michael B. Eisenberg, and Michael S. Nilan, "A Reexamination of Relevance:Toward a Dynamic,Situational Definition," Information Processimig & Management 26,6(1990):755.
29. Schamber,Eisenberg,Nilan, 759
30. Joseph W. Janes, "Other People's Judgments:A Comparison of Users' and Others' Judgments of Document Relevance, Topicality,and Utility," Journal of the American Society for Information Science 45,3(1994): 160-71.
31. Saracevic, 338
32. Saracevic, 338;Stephen P. Harter, "Psychological Relevance and Information Science," Journal of the American Society for Information Science 43 (1992):602.
33. Stephen P. Harter, "Variations in Relevance Assessments and the Measurement of Retrieval Effectiveness," Journal of the American Society for Information Science 47(1996):37-49.
34. Carol Collier Kuhlthau, "A Principle of Uncertainty for Information Seeking," Journal of Documentation 49,4 (1993):340.
35. Thomas J. Froehlich, "Relevance Reconsidered - Towards an Agenda for the 21st Century: Introduction to Special Topic Issue on Relevance Research," Journal of the American Society for Inforniation Science 45(1994): 125.
36. Stefano Mizzaro, "Relevance: The Whole History," Journal of the American Society for Information Science 48,9(1997):812.
37. Schamber, Eisenberg, and Nilan, 771;
38. Harter, "Psychological Relevance and Information Science," 39;
39. Taemin Kim Park, "Toward a Theory of User-Based Relevance: A Call for a New Paradigm of Inquiry," Journal of the American Society for Information Science 45,3(1994): 136.
40. Schamber, Eisenberg, and Nilan, 771.
41. Janes; Michael B. Eisenberg and Carol L. Barry, "Measuring Relevance Judgments," Information Processing & Management 24,4(1988):373-389
42. Park, "Toward a Theory of User-Based Relevance";
43. Carol L. Barry, "User-Defined Relevance Criteria: An Exploratory Study," Journal oft/ic American Society for Information Science 45, 3 (1994): 149-59;
44. Taemin Kim Park, "The Nature of Relevance in Information Retrieval: An Empirical Study," Library Quarterly 63(1993):318-351
45. Louise T. Su, "The Relevance of Recall and Precision in User Evaluation," Journal of the American Society for Information Science 45, 3(1994):207-217.
46. Barry "User-Defined Relevance Criteria."
47. Paula J. Hane, "Northern Light to Focus on Enterprise Customers, Will Discontinue Free Public Web Search," Information Today 19,2 (2002). Available:[June 13, 2003].
48. Danny Sullivan, "Search Engine Watch" (2003). Available: [June 13,2003]
49. Linda Barlow,"Spider's Apprentice: A Helpful Guide to Web Search Engines" (2002). Available: [13,2003]
50. Nielsen//NetRatings, "Nielsen//NetRatings"(2003). Available: [June 13,2003]
51. Search Engine Guide, "Search Engine Guide" (2003). Available: [June 13, 2003]
52. Sirapyan, "Search Sites";
53. Sirapyan, "In Search of⋯"
54. John Lubans, "Study 4: Internet Use (February, 2000) Among 3rd Year Students at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA" (March 9, 2000). Available:[June 13, 2003];
55. Danny Sullivan, "Nielsen//NetRatings Search Engine Ratings"(February 25,2003).Available:>http://www.searchenginewatch.com/ reports/article.php/2156451>[June 13,2003].
56. Ard W. Lazonder, Harm J. A. Biemans, and Iwan G. J. H. Wopereis, "Differences Between Novice and Experienced Users in Searching Information on the World Wide Web," Journal of the American Society for Information Science 5, 6(2000):576-581.
57. Julia K. Nims and Linda Rich, "How Successfully Do Users Search the Web? One Real Time Site Allows You to 'Spy' on Searchers," College & Research Libraries News 59,3(1998): 155-158
58. Laura B. Cohen, "Searching the Web: The Human Element Emerges," Choice 37, Supplement(2000): 17.
59. Hertzberg and Rudner; Craig Silverstein et al., "Analysis of a Very Large Web Search Engine Query Log," SIGIR Forum 33, 1 (1999): 6-12
60. Amanda Spink, Judy Bateman, and Bernard J. Jansen, "Searching Heterogeneous Collections on the Web: Behaviour of Excite Users," Information Research 4,2 (1998). Available: [June 13, 2003].
61. Hertzberg and Rudner; Bernard J. Jansen and Udo Pooch, "Web User Studies: A Review and Framework for Future Work," Journal of the American Society for Informal ion Science and Technology 52, 3 (2000): 235-246.
62. Cohen, 17;
63. Cohen, 17; H. B. Koplowitz, "The Nature of Search Engines," Link-up 15,5 (1998): 28+.
64. Ruth A. Palrnquist and Kyung-Sun Kim, "The Effect of Cognitive Style and Online Search Experience on Web Search Performance," Journal of the American Society of Information Science 51, 6 (2000): 558-567
65. Nims and Rich; Hertzberg and Rudner; Spink, Bateman, and Jansen.
66. Harter, "Psychological Relevance and Information Science."
67. Schamber, Eisenberg, and Nilan, 771.
68. Steve Lawrence and C. Lee Giles, "Accessibility of Information on the Web," Nature 400, 6740 (1999): 107-109.