The effects of topic familiarity on information search behavior

Authors:
Diane Kelly;Colleen Cool
Affiliations:
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ;Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2nd ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries
Year:
2002

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Abstract

We describe results from a preliminary investigation of the relationship between topic familiarity and information search behavior. Two types of information search behaviors are considered: reading time and efficacy. Our results indicate that as one's familiarity with a topic increases, one's searching efficacy increases and one's reading time decreases. These results suggest that it may be possible to infer topic familiarity from information search behavior.