Information Seeking in Electronic Environments (Cambridge Series on Human-Computer Interaction)
By Gary Marchionini.
Description
In the computer age, it is essential for individuals to develop skills and strategies for manipulating, storing, and retrieving electronic information. This book considers how electronic technologies have changed these skills and strategies and augmented the fundamental human activity of information seeking. Writing from the point of view of the user rather than the computer, the author makes a case for creating new interface designs that allow information seekers to choose what strategy to apply according to their immediate needs. Such systems may be designed by providing information seeke...
ISBN(s)
9780521586740
