Visualizing web search results using glyphs: Design and evaluation of a flower metaphor

ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Chau, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Design science; Glyphs; Information visualization; Web searching

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE FIT THEORY; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION SUPPORTS; DESIGN SCIENCE; EVALUATION RESULTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; GLYPHS; GRAPHICAL OBJECTS; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS; PERCEIVED USABILITY; SEARCH RESULTS; TASK COMPLEXITY; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE; WEB DOCUMENT; WEB SEARCHES; WEB-SEARCHING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DESIGN; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; METADATA; RESEARCH; SEARCH ENGINES; VISUALIZATION; WEBSITES;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 84855785933     PISSN: 2158656X     EISSN: 21586578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1929916.1929918     Document Type: Article

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