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Task-based Information Seeking in Different Study Settings

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Yiwei WangAuthors Info & Claims

CHIIR '18: Proceedings of the 2018 Conference on Human Information Interaction & Retrieval

Pages 363 - 365

https://doi.org/10.1145/3176349.3176351

Published: 01 March 2018 Publication History

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Existing studies have presented the relationships between task characteristics and individuals» information seeking and searching behaviors. Some task characteristics are found to have predictable influences on information seeking behaviors. However, most studies took place in lab settings and focused on individuals» interactions with information systems. How a laboratory environment affects individuals» natural information seeking behaviors is open to question. This paper proposes a study investigating the differences between information seeking behaviors in a lab setting where individuals» activities and resources are controlled and in naturalistic settings where individuals have access to all types of sources.

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Lu QZheng XShen YChen J(2023)Research on Information Anxiety in Different Epidemic Prevention and Control States of Public Health Emergency – Based on Information Task PerspectiveE-Business. Digital Empowerment for an Intelligent Future10.1007/978-3-031-32302-7_12(131-143)Online publication date: 7-May-2023
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32302-7_12

Index Terms

Task-based Information Seeking in Different Study Settings
1. Information systems
  1. Information retrieval
    1. Users and interactive retrieval
  2. World Wide Web
    1. Web searching and information discovery

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CHIIR '18: Proceedings of the 2018 Conference on Human Information Interaction & Retrieval

March 2018

402 pages

ISBN:9781450349253

DOI:10.1145/3176349

General Chairs:
Chirag Shah
Rutgers University, USA
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Nicholas J. Belkin
Rutgers University, USA
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Program Chairs:
Katriina Byström
Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
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Jeff Huang
Brown University, USA
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Falk Scholer
RMIT University, Australia

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Lu QZheng XShen YChen J(2023)Research on Information Anxiety in Different Epidemic Prevention and Control States of Public Health Emergency – Based on Information Task PerspectiveE-Business. Digital Empowerment for an Intelligent Future10.1007/978-3-031-32302-7_12(131-143)Online publication date: 7-May-2023
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32302-7_12

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