User interactions with results summaries (position paper)

Johnson, Frances C. (2007) User interactions with results summaries (position paper). [Conference or Workshop Item] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This position paper on web information seeking and interaction draws on information seeking models to broadly describe the searcher's interactions and the functionality of the retrieved results page as supporting a process of concept forming. Viewing search as developing an information need enhances the supporting function of the presentation of the search results, beyond the more traditional function of relevance spotting. User guides to investigate the effectiveness of novel interfaces supporting search are essential, but there is a need for basic research into the nature of search and its relation, specifically, with results presentation.