Factors affecting the selection of search tactics: Tasks, knowledge, process, and systems

Xie, Iris; Joo, Soohyung

doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2011.08.009

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“…Domain knowledge has been extensively investigated in interactive IR studies. Xie and Joo (2012) examined the effects of topic familiarity and resource familiarity on users' application of search tactics, finding that users tended to modify more queries when they were less familiar with the source. For example, when domain knowledge was low, the most common transitions during a search were "New Concept" to "Add Concept," "Add Concept" to "Add Concept," and "Add Concept" to "Display."…”

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“…In their analysis of search tactics, Xie and Joo (2012) found that expert users were likely to apply more query modifications than novice users. In their analysis of search tactics, Xie and Joo (2012) found that expert users were likely to apply more query modifications than novice users.…”

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“…In their analysis of search tactics, Xie and Joo (2012) found that expert users were likely to apply more query modifications than novice users. Xie and Joo (2012) found that users were more likely to modify their queries when using OPACs than when using search engines. System features also act as a factor influencing query reformulation behavior.…”

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Factors that influence query reformulations and search performance in health information retrieval: A multilevel modeling approach

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“…Information researchers have studied research strategies used in the context of specific work and search tasks (Bates, 1989;Xie, 2002Xie, , 2008 and have delved into shifts in research tactics within a search task (Pharo, 2004;Xie, 2000;Yuan and Belkin, 2010a, b). Others have identified factors used in determining the selection of search tactics at various stages throughout a search task or analyzed the factors that influence information seeking in relation to situations and transitions (Pharo, 2004;Xie and Joo, 2011).…”

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Language in the information-seeking context

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Xie

2016

Journal of Documentation

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to specifically investigate information seeking strategies that are used by scholars in the USA conducting research in languages other than English and the types of shifts that scholars make between strategies in planned, disruptive, and problematic situations. Design/methodology/approach -Interviews and research diaries were employed to gather information from 16 subjects using seven different languages across seven disciplines. Grounded theory and the constant comparative method were used to analyze types of strategies and types of shifts between strategies.Findings -This study identified four formal system strategies, seven informal resource strategies, four interactive human strategies, and one hybrid strategy. Subjects in the study selected informal resource and interactive human strategies more often as initial strategies while informal resource strategies are used as final strategies. Moreover, the findings presented a variety of shifts between strategies in planned, disruptive, and problematic situations. Research limitations/implications -Theoretically, this study introduces a new conceptual modelthe information trianglewhich facilitates the classification of strategies used by scholars throughout an information seeking task as well as the characterization of the shifts between strategies. Practically, this paper discusses implications for system designers, publishers, and support providers to better meet the needs of this specific group. A primary limitation is related to isolating the variables of language, culture, and geography from other possible factors such as domain knowledge, system knowledge, or limitations of the systems being used. Originality/value -This study fills a gap in current research in relation to how language plays a role in the selection of and shifts between information seeking strategies used by scholars who rely on sources that are not in English.

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“…Individuals and organizations face an increasingly competitive environment, in which information capabilities are a key factor in determining their success or failure [8,28,35,62]. Information capabilities can be defined as a firm's capability to acquire and disseminate information about customers, competitors and the wider export market environment, which helps to reduce the uncertainty a firm associates with a specific export market [43].…”

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Ambidextrous information search: linking personal and impersonal search routines with individual performance

Shin

Choi

2014

Inf Technol Manag

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Organizations invest resources to develop information capabilities, to utilize personal and impersonal information. While the utilization of knowledge is likely to improve organizational performance, it is unclear what the consequences of utilizing personal and impersonal sources of information are for individuals. This study sought to increase understanding of the performance implications of using personal and impersonal information, by examining four business units of a large financial institution. Utilizing competing theoretical models, we tested whether personal and impersonal sources of information substituted for, or complemented each other. The results indicated that individuals who utilized information from personal and impersonal sources of knowledge in a complementary fashion had superior performance. Parsing impersonal knowledge sourcing, we found that the use of specific impersonal information repositories increased performance, while the use of general impersonal information decreased performance. In general, this study shed light on the origins of individual knowledge capabilities, and indicated that individuals gain advantages, by engaging in particular knowledge-sourcing routines.

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Factors affecting the selection of search tactics: Tasks, knowledge, process, and systems

Cited by 39 publications

References 44 publications

Factors that influence query reformulations and search performance in health information retrieval: A multilevel modeling approach

Factors that influence query reformulations and search performance in health information retrieval: A multilevel modeling approach

Language in the information-seeking context

Ambidextrous information search: linking personal and impersonal search routines with individual performance

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