Search histories for user support in user interfaces

  • Authors:

  • Anita Komlodi;Dagobert Soergel;Gary Marchionini

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250;College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, Room 4101 Hornbake, College Park, MD 20742;School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

  • Venue:
  • Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

The authors describe user interface tools based on search histories to support legal information seekers. The design of the tools was informed by the results of a user study (Komlodi, 2002a) that examined the use of human memory, external memory aids, and search histories in legal information seeking and derived interface design recommendations for information storage and retrieval systems. The data collected were analyzed to identify potential task areas where search histories can support information seeking and use. The results show that many information-seeking tasks can take advantage of automatically and manually recorded history information. These findings encouraged the design of user interface tools building on search history information: direct search history displays, history-enabled scratchpad facilities, and organized results collection tools. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.