Log Based Analysis of How Faceted and Text Based Search Interact in a Library Catalog Interface
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Faceted based search is an increasingly common part of search interfaces. This study examines the use of a library catalog search interface which supports but text searching and faceted based searching. Log analysis is performed of library catalog search records to analyze how and when faceted based searching is used in conjunction with text based searching. The logs are from the Triangle Research Libraries Network, which all use an Endeca based catalog search system. Results show that faceted based search is used much less frequently than text searching, and the usage clusters into certain categories of search behaviors.
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