Mental Models and Information Retrieval: What Can Search Queries Tell Us?

Authors

  • Haidar Moukdad Dalhousie University
  • Andrew Large McGill University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/cais495

Abstract

When information seekers use an information retrieval system their strategy is based, at least in part, on the mental model they have constructed about this environment. A random sample was gathered of more than 2000 actual search queries submitted by users to one web search engine. WebCrawler, in two separate capture sessions. The results suggest that a high proportion of users do not employ advanced search features...

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Published

2013-10-16

How to Cite

Moukdad, H., & Large, A. (2013). Mental Models and Information Retrieval: What Can Search Queries Tell Us?. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS Actes Du congrès Annuel De l’ACSI. https://doi.org/10.29173/cais495

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2001

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