Using Web Search Engines to Find and Refind Information

  • Authors:
  • Robert G. Capra, III;Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones

  • Affiliations:
  • Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA;Virginia Tech

  • Venue:
  • Computer
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

To inform the design of next-generation Web search tools, researchers must better understand how users find, manage, and refind online information. Synthesizing results from one of their studies with related work, the authors propose a search engine use model based on prior task frequency and familiarity.