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The relationship between internet user type and user performance when carrying out simple vs. complex search tasks
Georg Singer, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Ulrich Norbisrath +1
It is widely known that people become better at an activity if they perform this activity long and often. Yet, the question is whether being active in related areas like communicat…
A Framework for Evaluating the Retrieval Effectiveness of Search Engines
Dirk Lewandowski
This chapter presents a theoretical framework for evaluating next generation search engines. We focus on search engines whose results presentation is enriched with additional infor…
The retrieval effectiveness of search engines on navigational queries
Dirk Lewandowski
Purpose - To test major Web search engines on their performance on navigational queries, i.e. searches for homepages. Design/methodology/approach - 100 real user queries are posed…
The Influence of Commercial Intent of Search Results on Their Perceived Relevance
Dirk Lewandowski
We carried out a retrieval effectiveness test on the three major web search engines (i.e., Google, Microsoft and Yahoo). In addition to relevance judgments, we classified the resul…
Google Scholar as a tool for discovering journal articles in library and information science
Dirk Lewandowski
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to measure the coverage of Google Scholar for the Library and Information Science (LIS) journal literature as identified by a list of core LIS…
Using Search Engine Technology to Improve Library Catalogs
Dirk Lewandowski
This chapter outlines how search engine technology can be used in online public access library catalogs (OPACs) to help improve users experiences, to identify users intentions, and…