Users' interaction with World Wide Web resources: an exploratory study using a holistic approach
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Web search behavior of Internet experts and newbies
Proceedings of the 9th international World Wide Web conference on Computer networks : the international journal of computer and telecommunications netowrking
Cognitive style and on-line database search experience as predictors of web search performance
Journal of the American Society for Information Science - Special topic issue: individual differences in virtual environments
Differences between novice and experienced users in searching information on the World Wide Web
Journal of the American Society for Information Science - Special topic issue: individual differences in virtual environments
Individual differences, hypermedia navigation, and learning: an empirical study
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia
The role of individual differences in Internet searching: an empirical study
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Do cognitive styles affect learning performance in different computer media?
Proceedings of the 7th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Gender differences in collaborative web searching behavior: an elementary school study
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Project Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications
Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Project Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications
Effects of content representation and readers' prior knowledge on the comprehension of hypertext
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Learning style, learning patterns, and learning performance in a WebCT-based MIS course
Information and Management
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
What affect student cognitive style in the development of hypermedia learning system?
Computers & Education
Gender and Web information seeking: A self-concept orientation model: Research Articles
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
The influence of task and gender on search and evaluation behavior using Google
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Modeling successful performance in Web searching
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Cognitive load in hypertext reading: A review
Computers in Human Behavior
Decoding the structure of the WWW: A comparative analysis of Web crawls
ACM Transactions on the Web (TWEB)
User Expectations and Rankings of Quality Factors in Different Web Site Domains
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Not quite the average: An empirical study of Web use
ACM Transactions on the Web (TWEB)
Web search strategies: The influence of Web experience and task type
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
How medical expertise influences web search interaction
Proceedings of the 31st annual international ACM SIGIR conference on Research and development in information retrieval
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Discovering Learning Pattern in Different Cognitive Style of Learners
ICCIT '08 Proceedings of the 2008 Third International Conference on Convergence and Hybrid Information Technology - Volume 02
Investigation of behavior and perception of digital library users: A cognitive style perspective
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Scaffolding information problem solving in web-based collaborative inquiry learning
Computers & Education
HCI International'13 Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Human Interface and the Management of Information: information and interaction design - Volume Part I
Investigating attributes affecting the performance of WBI users
Computers & Education
DUXU'13 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability: web, mobile, and product design - Volume Part IV
Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems: Applications in Engineering and Technology
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With the rapid development of information technology, the World Wide Web has been widely used in various applications, such as search engines, online learning and electronic commerce. These applications are used by a diverse population of users with heterogeneous backgrounds, in terms of their knowledge, skills, and needs. Therefore, human factors are key issues for the development of Web-based applications, leading research into human factors to grow significantly in the past decade. This paper identifies and reviews three important human factors that have been examined in existing empirical studies, including gender differences, prior knowledge, and cognitive styles. The main results from the analysis include that: (a) females have more disorientation problems than males; (b) flexible paths are more beneficial to experts while structured content is more useful to novices; and (c) Field Dependent and Field Independent users prefer to employ different search strategies. In addition to reviewing the existing empirical studies, this paper also highlights areas of future research.