Web search strategies: The influence of Web experience and task type

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1308-1329

  Thatcher, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cognitive search strategies; Participant defined tasks; Task type; Web experience; Web experts; Web novices

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

PARTICIPANT DEFINED TASKS; TASK TYPE; WEB EXPERIENCE; WEB EXPERTS; WEB NOVICES;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 40649093052     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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