Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
The effect of baud rate, performance anxiety, and experience on online bibliographic searches
Information Technology and Libraries
Markov models of search state patterns in a hypertext information retrieval system
Journal of the American Society for Information Science
A study of user performance and attitudes with information retrieval interfaces
Journal of the American Society for Information Science
End-user searching behavior in information retrieval: a longitudinal study
Journal of the American Society for Information Science
A study of the use of variables in information retrieval user studies
Journal of the American Society for Information Science
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
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
A review of web searching studies and a framework for future research
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Assessment of the effects of user characteristics on mental models of information retrieval systems
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
The role of individual differences in Internet searching: an empirical study
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Identifying clusters of user behavior in intranet search engine log files
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
The use of query suggestions during information search
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
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A conceptually relaxed utilization of the variable “search experience” makes it difficult for researchers to perform meaningful cross-study comparisons. The purpose of this study was to examine how search experience is defined and measured when used as a research variable. We implemented a qualitative analysis of 32 library and information science (LIS) research articles. We found that there was inconsistent terminology usage and measurements. Specifically, there were 21 unique labels to describe the search experience and 18 different measurements. The majority of the studies used a generic label “search experience” and relied on the reader to grasp specific context of the electronic information retrieval environment to which the variable applies from the description of the overall research design. In addition, there was a strong preference for measures that represented subjective self-reporting about the level of exposure to some information retrieval system. It is evident that there is a need for articles to contain detailed definitions of search experience variables for readers to truly understand the findings. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.