Effects of domain knowledge on reference search with the PubMed database: An experimental study

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1423-1447

  Vibert, Nicolas ^a   Ros, Christine ^a   Bigot, Ludovic Le ^a   Ramond, Mélanie ^a   Gatefin, Jérôme ^a   Rouet, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COGNITIVE ABILITY; DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GRADUATE-LEVEL; INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY; LIFE SCIENTISTS; LIFE-SCIENCE; MEDLINE; OBJECTIVE MEASURE; ONLINE DATABASE; PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES; SCIENTIFIC FIELDS; SEARCH PERFORMANCE; SEARCH TASKS; TIME PERIODS; VERBAL PROTOCOLS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES; SEARCH ENGINES;

RESEARCH;

EID: 66749097161     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21078     Document Type: Article

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