Ordinary search engine users carrying out complex search tasks
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Ordinary Search Engine Users
Web search engines have become the dominant tools for finding information on the Internet. Due to their popularity, users apply them to a wide range of search needs, from simple look-ups to rather complex information tasks. This paper presents the results of a study that investigated the characteristics of these complex information needs in the context of Web search engines. The aim of the stud...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Information Science
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0165-5515,1741-6485
DOI: 10.1177/0165551512466974