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Language | English |
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Pages | 327-344 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 4 |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |
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Keywords
- web pages
- content
- structure
- information seeking
- design
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How users assess web pages for information-seeking. / Tombros, A.; Ruthven, I.; Jose, J.M.
In: Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Vol. 56, No. 4, 2005, p. 327-344.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - How users assess web pages for information-seeking
AU - Tombros, A.
AU - Ruthven, I.
AU - Jose, J.M.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - In this paper, we investigate the criteria used by online searchers when assessing the relevance of web pages for information-seeking tasks. Twenty four participants were given three tasks each, and indicated the features of web pages which they employed when deciding about the usefulness of the pages in relation to the tasks. These tasks were presented within the context of a simulated work-task situation. We investigated the relative utility of features identified by participants (web page content,structure and quality), and how the importance of these features is affected by the type of information-seeking task performed and the stage of the search. The results of this study provide a set of criteria used by searchers to decide about the utility of web pages for different types of tasks. Such criteria can have implications for the design of systems that use or recommend web pages.
AB - In this paper, we investigate the criteria used by online searchers when assessing the relevance of web pages for information-seeking tasks. Twenty four participants were given three tasks each, and indicated the features of web pages which they employed when deciding about the usefulness of the pages in relation to the tasks. These tasks were presented within the context of a simulated work-task situation. We investigated the relative utility of features identified by participants (web page content,structure and quality), and how the importance of these features is affected by the type of information-seeking task performed and the stage of the search. The results of this study provide a set of criteria used by searchers to decide about the utility of web pages for different types of tasks. Such criteria can have implications for the design of systems that use or recommend web pages.
KW - web pages
KW - content
KW - structure
KW - information seeking
KW - design
UR - http://www.asis.org/Publications/JASIS/jasis.html
UR - http://www.cis.strath.ac.uk/research/publications/papers/strath_cis_publication_516.pdf
M3 - Article
VL - 56
SP - 327
EP - 344
JO - Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
T2 - Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
JF - Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
SN - 1532-2890
IS - 4
ER -