Query strategies during information searching: Effects of prior domain knowledge and complexity of the information problems to be solved. Issue 5 (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Monchaux, Sophie; Amadieu, Franck; Chevalier, Aline; Mariné, Claudette
• Is Part Of: Information processing & management. Volume 51:Issue 5(2015:Sep.)
• Page Start: 557
• Page End: 569
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: Information storage and retrieval systems -- Periodicals; Information science -- Periodicals; Systèmes d'information -- Périodiques; Sciences de l'information -- Périodiques; Information science; Information storage and retrieval systems; Periodicals; 658.4038
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2015.05.004
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-4573

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en" abstract-type="author-highlights" id="ab005"> <title id="st005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="sp0005"> <list id="l0095"> <list-item id="o0340"> <label></label> <p id="p0340">Three complexity levels of information problems are defined related to psychology domain.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0345"> <label></label> <p id="p0345">40 students in psychology and in other domains performed information problems with an online encyclopedia.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0350"> <label></label> <p id="p0350">Students in psychology performed better than the others, especially for complex problems.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0355"> <label></label> <p id="p0355">Students in psychologies used more relevant strategies than the others.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0360"> <label></label> <p id="p0360">These expertise-related differences are stronger for the complex problems.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>