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The effects of topic familiarity on information search behavior

Proceedings of the second ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries - JCDL '02Published 1 January 2002
Diane Kelly, Colleen Cool
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Abstract

We describe results from a preliminary investigation of the relationship between topic familiarity and information search behavior. Two types of information search behaviors are considered: reading time and efficacy. Our results indicate that as one's familiarity with a topic increases, one's searching efficacy increases and one's reading time decreases. These results suggest that it may be possible to infer topic familiarity from information search behavior.

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Computer Science