Information retrieval from digital libraries: Assessing the potential utility of thesauri in supporting users' search behaviour in an interdisciplinary domain

Advances in Knowledge Organization

Volumn 11, Issue , 2008, Pages 184-189

  Shiri, Ali ^a   Chambers, Thane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; NANOSCIENCE; THESAURI;

COMPENDEX; ELECTRONIC BOOKS; NANO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES; POTENTIAL UTILITY; SEARCH BEHAVIOURS; SEARCH TERMS; TRANSACTION LOG;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 79960373871     PISSN: 09385495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

1. Jansen, B. J. 2006. Search log analysis: What it is, what's been done, how to do it. Library & Information Science Research, 28(3): 407-432.
2. Kutner, L. A. 2000. Library instruction in an interdisciplinary environmental studies program: challenges, opportunities, and reflections. Issues in Science and Technology Librahanship, No. 28, available from: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/00-fall/.
3. th Information Architecture Summit. Mar. 23-27, 2006. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
4. Shiri, A. and C. Revie 2005. Usability and User Perceptions of a Thesaurus-enhanced Search Interface. Journal of Documentation, 61(5): 640-656.
5. th International Conference of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO), London, 13-16 July 2004, 233-238.
6. Shiri, A. and C. Revie 2000. Thesauri on The Web: Current Developments and Trends. Online Information Review, 24(4): 273-279.