Factors affecting the selection of search tactics: Tasks, knowledge, process, and systems

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 254-270

  Xie, Iris ^a   Joo, Soohyung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Factors; IR systems; Search process; Search tactics; Tasks; User knowledge

Indexed keywords

FACTORS; SEARCH PROCESS; SEARCH TACTICS; TASKS; USER KNOWLEDGE;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84857357966     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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