Effective information gathering on the web

Authors:
Anwar Alhenshiri;Carolyn Watters;Michael Shepherd
Affiliations:
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada;Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada;Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2012 iConference
Year:
2012

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Abstract

This paper presents Web Gad, a tool intended to improve how users perform information gathering tasks on the Web. Web Gad is meant to assist users with several subtasks under the information gathering task with specific emphasis on managing, organizing, keeping, and re-finding information during the task. The prototype system was designed based on recommendations derived in a previous user study (Alhenshiri et al., 2012) in which the user behavior, user activities, used tools, and encountered difficulties were observed and analyzed. Web Gad is ready for evaluation in a planned complete factorial and counterbalanced user study to demonstrate its effectiveness, efficiency, and enjoyments as a Web information gathering tool.