Towards "metacognitively aware" IR systems: An initial user study

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 446-469

  Gorrell, Genevieve ^a   Eaglestone, Barry ^a   Ford, Nigel ^a   Holdridge, Peter ^a   Madden, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Information retrieval; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349585223     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410910952429     Document Type: Article

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