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A BEHAVIOURAL APPROACH TO INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM DESIGN

ELLIS, DAVID·1989·Journal of Documentation
DOI 10.1108/eb026843
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A behavioural approach to information retrieval system design is outlined based on the derivation of a behavioural model of the information seeking patterns of academic social scientists. The information seeking patterns of a variety of academic social scientists were broken down into six characteristics: starting, chaining, browsing, differentiating, monitoring, and extracting. These characteristics constitute the principal generic features of the different individual patterns, and together provide a flexible behavioural model for information retrieval system design. The extent to which these characteristics are available on existing systems is considered, and the requirements for implementing the features on an experimental system are set out.

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  • Ellis's model conceptualizes information-seeking as a set of related activities that include starting, chaining, browsing, differentiating, monitoring, extracting, verifying, and ending.

    “Ellis's model conceptualizes information-seeking as a set of related activities that include starting, chaining, browsing, differentiating, monitoring, extracting, verifying, and ending [7,8,23].”

    From Engineering student perceptions of generative AI use in learning trust judgment and information seeking (2026) · cites this paper as [7]

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Authors
ELLIS, D.
Venue
Journal of Documentation
Publisher
Emerald
Published
1989-03-01
Volume
45
Issue
3
Pages
171-212
ISSN
0022-0418
DOI
10.1108/eb026843
Cited by
609
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Language
en
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