Task complexity affects information seeking and use
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
The Turn: Integration of Information Seeking and Retrieval in Context (The Information Retrieval Series)
An analysis of two approaches in information retrieval: From frameworks to study designs
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Explaining User Performance in Information Retrieval: Challenges to IR Evaluation
ICTIR '09 Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Theory of Information Retrieval: Advances in Information Retrieval Theory
Information interaction in molecular medicine: integrated use of multiple channels
Proceedings of the third symposium on Information interaction in context
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The ultimate goal of information retrieval (IR) research is to create ways to support humans to better access information in order to better carry out their (work) tasks. Because of this, IR research has a primarily technological interest in knowledge creation - how to find information (better)? IR research therefore has a constructive aspect (to create novel systems) and an evaluative aspect (are they any good?). Evaluation is sometimes referred to as a hallmark and distinctive feature of IR research. No claim on IR system performance is granted any merit unless proven through evaluation. Technological innovation alone is not sufficient. In fact, much research in IR deals with IR evaluation and its methodology.