A Pool of Queries: Interactive Multidimensional Query Visualization for Information Seeking in Digital Libraries

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inessa Seifert
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Visual Representation ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Online Search ◽  
Search Queries ◽  
Scientific Organizations ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Query Visualization

In this article, I present a novel relational visualization that supports people at exploration of scientific literature in digital libraries. This visualization provides an integrated view of multiple dimensions concealed in the scientific literature. It displays, for example, authors and scientific organizations together with freely defined search queries and highlights the intersections between them. The proposed visual representation introduces interactive drag-and-drop operations for manipulation of queries in order to retrieve further results. These operations enable information seekers to employ efficient online search strategies that involve Boolean AND, OR and NOT operators. In doing so, an information seeker can refine (or relax) various search queries in an interactive way during a focusing or a defocusing phase. The intersections of queries are made explicitly visible to enable the information seeker to build an individual picture of the research area under investigation and to avoid frustrating ‘zero hit’ situations.

The Impact of a Highly Publicized Celebrity Suicide on Suicide-Related Online Information Seeking

Crisis ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Arendt ◽  
Sebastian Scherr
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Search Queries ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Celebrity Suicide ◽  
Online Information Seeking ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. Background: Research has already acknowledged the importance of the Internet in suicide prevention as search engines such as Google are increasingly used in seeking both helpful and harmful suicide-related information. Aims: We aimed to assess the impact of a highly publicized suicide by a Hollywood actor on suicide-related online information seeking. Method: We tested the impact of the highly publicized suicide of Robin Williams on volumes of suicide-related search queries. Results: Both harmful and helpful search terms increased immediately after the actor's suicide, with a substantial jump of harmful queries. Limitations: The study has limitations (e.g., possible validity threats of the query share measure, use of ambiguous search terms). Conclusion: Online suicide prevention efforts should try to increase online users' awareness of and motivation to seek help, for which Google's own helpline box could play an even more crucial role in the future.

Vestigial Biological Structures

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Senter ◽  
Zenis Ambrocio ◽  
Julia B. Andrade ◽  
Katanya K. Foust ◽  
Jasmine E. Gaston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hypothesis Testing ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Online Search ◽  
Biology Textbooks ◽  
Biological Structures ◽  
Vestigial Structures

Lists of vestigial biological structures in biology textbooks are so short that some young-Earth creationist authors claim that scientists have lost confidence in the existence of vestigial structures and can no longer identify any verifiable ones. We tested these hypotheses with a method that is easily adapted to biology classes. We used online search engines to find examples of 21st-century articles in primary scientific literature in which biological structures are identified as vestigial. Our results falsify these creationist hypotheses and show that scientists currently identify many structures as vestigial in animals, plants, and single-celled organisms. Examples include not only organs but also cells, organelles, and parts of molecules. Having students repeat this study will give them experience with hypothesis testing, introduce them to primary scientific articles, and further their education on vestigial structures.

scholarly journals Students' Information-Seeking Intention in Academic Digital Libraries

2017 ◽  
pp. 259-273
Author(s):  
Faeizah Salim ◽  
Bavani Saigar ◽  
Pravin Kumar Armoham ◽  
Sarasvathy Gobalakrishnan ◽  
Michelle Yen Pin Jap ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Planned Behaviour ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Digital Library Services

The purpose of this research is to examine students' information-seeking intention regarding academic digital library services guiding by the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). Data was collected among students in a public higher learning institution in Federal Territory of Labuan Malaysia. The empirical result of the hierarchical regression had confirmed that students' intention to seek for information in digital library was influenced mainly by their attitude, implying that, in predicting the information-seeking intention in an academic digital library with TPB was much better than TRA. The findings of the research provide broader insights for the academic digital libraries to be more aware of the important factors that influence library users in seeking for information and fulfil their requirement. A new motion can be developed by using the result of this research, which improve the knowledge from previous studies via the assessment from TPB.

Abstract T P273: Internet-Based Information Seeking Behavior for Transient Ischemic Attack

Stroke ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vida Abedi ◽  
Marieme Mbaye ◽  
Georgios Tsivgoulis ◽  
Shailesh Male ◽  
Nitin Goyal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Transient Ischemic Attack ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Online Search ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Search Data ◽  
Ischemic Attack ◽  
Google Search

Background &Purpose: In recent years, Internet became an increasingly important tool for accessing health information and is being used more frequently to promote public health. In this study, we used Google search data to explore information seeking behavior for transient ischemic attack (TIA). Methods: We selected two groups of keywords related to TIA -“Transient Ischemic Attack” and “Mini Stroke” - after examining several related search keywords. We obtained all available online search data performed in the United States from the Google search engine for a ten year span - January 2004 to December 2013. The monthly and daily search data for the selected keywords were analyzed - using a moving window strategy - to explore the trends, peaks and declining effects. Results: There were three significant concurrent peaks in the Google search data for the selected keywords. Each peak was directly associated with media coverage and news headlines related to the incident of TIA in a public figure. (Figure 1) Following each event, it took an average of two weeks for the search trend to return to its respective average value. The trend was steady for “Transient Ischemic Attack”; however, the search interest for the keyword “mini stroke” shows a steady increase. The overall search interest for the selected keywords was significantly higher in the southeastern United States. Conclusions: Our study shows that changes in online search behavior can be associated with media coverage of key events (in our case TIA) in public figures. These findings suggest that online health promotion campaigns might be more effective if increased promptly after similar media coverage.

Information Seeking Pattern among the Faculty Members of National College of Engineering: A Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 75-77
Author(s):  
K. Mutharasan ◽  
V. Geetha
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
Library Services ◽  
The Right ◽  
College Of Engineering ◽  
Library Professionals

The present study examines the Information Seeking Pattern in Library by the Faculty Members of National College of Engineering, Maruthakulam, Tirunelveli. The Library of any institution is the knowledge centre housed with a collection of various resources such as Books, Periodicals, CDROMs, Newspapers, Rare collections and Online resources and Information needed is gathered from the various resources of the Library. This study focuses on the usage of the Academic Library by the Faculty Members of various Departments and their frequency of visit to the Library based on the Library Services. In the recent years, Traditional Libraries are getting changed into Digital Libraries. So, the Library Professionals are also to be equipped with the required technical skills related to Library activities. The need and focus of the users in various ways lead to save time and also to acquire the right information at the right time as well.

Consortium of online digital libraries: the experience of 280 universities in Russia and the CIS countries

Infolib ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
Anastasia Privalova ◽  
◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Electronic Library ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Current State ◽  
Scientific Organizations ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
Cis Countries ◽  
Russian Universities

The activity of the modern university library is connected, among other things, with the creation of strong links between different educational and scientific organizations. The goal of such cooperation is to improve the quality and accessibility of Russian higher education, including its digital forms. These problems are solved by a non-profit project of the electronic library system Lan, called Consortium of Network Electronic Libraries (Consortium NEL). It helps universities to optimize costs, increase the number of books and manuals for free. The project already involves 284 universities from Russia and the CIS countries (Kazakhstan, Belarus). Their publications form a book collection of 37 000 textbooks, manuals, workshops and lecture courses on the Lan’s platform. The article describes how the project was created, what is its current state and what are its opportunities. The experience of 284 Russian universities and universities of the CIS countries can be useful for libraries of all educational organizations.

A comparison of information behavior studies in United States and India: Number of publications, authorship, journals, theories, research populations, and methods

2022 ◽  
pp. 096100062110696
Author(s):  
Vinit Kumar ◽  
Brady Lund
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Information Behavior ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Research Populations

This study compares attributes (authors, journals, populations, theories, methods) of information seeking behavior studies based in the United States and India, based on a search of published articles from 2011 to 2020 in relevant information science databases. The findings indicate major differences in information behavior research among the two countries. Information behavior research in the United States tends to focus more on health and medicine-related research populations, employ greater use of information behavior theories, and use a variety of quantitative and qualitative research methods (as well as mixed methods). Information behavior research in India tends to focus more on general populations, use less theory, and rely heavily on quantitative research methods—particularly questionnaires (88% of studies). These findings suggest a healthy and intellectually-diverse information behavior research area in the United States and ample room for growth of the research area within India.

Information Retrieval Technologies and the “Realities” of Music Information Seeking

2016 ◽  
pp. 102-121
Author(s):  
Charilaos Lavranos ◽  
Petros Kostagiolas ◽  
Joseph Papadatos
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Music Technology ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Evolution Of Music ◽  
Music Information ◽  
Search And Retrieval ◽  
The Way

Music information seeking incorporates the human activities that are carried out for the search and retrieval of music information. In recent years, the evolution of music technology holds a central role affecting the nature of music information seeking behavior. The research area that deals with the accessibility and the retrievability process of music information is known as Music Information Retrieval (MIR). This chapter focuses on the presentation of MIR technologies which has a direct impact in the way that individuals, as well as different music communities such as composers, performers, listeners, musicologists, etc., handle and utilize music information. The aim of this chapter is to investigate the way different music communities interact with MIR systems. Our approach is based on a selected literature review regarding the MIR systems and the information seeking behavior of the musicians.

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