Web search strategies: The influence of Web experience and task type

• Published in: Information processing & management Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 1308 - 1329
• Main Author: Thatcher, Andrew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2008; Elsevier; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Cognitive search strategies; Cognitive style; Exact sciences and technology; Information and communication sciences; Information processing and retrieval; Information retrieval; Information retrieval. Man machine relationship; Information science. Documentation; Participant-defined tasks; Research process. Evaluation; Sciences and techniques of general use; Search strategies; Searches; Studies; Task type; Web experience; Web experts; Web novices; World Wide Web; Web novices; Cognitive search strategies; Participant-defined tasks; Web experience; Web experts; Task type; Search strategy; Information retrieval; Cognition; Use study; Searching behavior; User study; World wide web

Despite a number of studies looking at Web experience and Web searching tactics and behaviours, the specific relationships between experience and cognitive search strategies have not been widely researched. This study investigates how the cognitive search strategies of 80 participants might vary wit...