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The effects of topic familiarity on information search behavior

Published: 14 July 2002 Publication History

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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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JCDL '02: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries
July 2002
448 pages
ISBN:1581135130
DOI:10.1145/544220
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  1. information seeking behavior
  2. personalization
  3. topic familiarity
  4. user modeling

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July 14 - 18, 2002
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