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A Detailed Analysis of End-User Search Behaviors
Barbara M. Wildemuth
Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting Vol. 28 (1991) pp. 302–12
Discussion of search strategy formulation focuses on a study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that analyzed how medical students developed and revised search strategies for microbiology database searches. Implications for future...
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The Training of Microcomputer Users: Insights from Two Disciplines
Walter D. Stine; Barbara M. Wildemuth
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science Vol. 33, No. 2 (1992) pp. 100–9
Research in human computer interaction and instructional design can provide insights into effective methods for training microcomputer users. Suggestions include utilizing error recognition and recovery, development of mental models, simplification...
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Interactivity Between Proteges and Scientists in an Electronic Mentoring Program
Cara Bonnett; Barbara M. Wildemuth; Diane H. Sonnenwald
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 34, No. 1 (January 2006) pp. 21–61
Interactivity is defined by Henri (1992) as a three-step process involving communication of information, a response to this information, and a reply to that first response. It is a key dimension of computer-mediated communication, particularly in...
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Medical Students' Personal Knowledge, Searching Proficiency, and Database Use in Problem Solving
Barbara M. Wildemuth
Journal of the American Society for Information Science Vol. 46, No. 8 (1995) pp. 590–607
Discusses the relationship between personal knowledge in a domain and online searching proficiency in that domain, and the relationship between searching proficiency and database-assisted problem-solving performance based on a study of medical...
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What's Everybody Talking About?: Message Functions and Topics on Electronic Lists and Newsgroups in Information and Library Science
Barbara M. Wildemuth; Lisa Crenshaw; William Jenniches; J Christine Harmes
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science Vol. 38, No. 2 (1997) pp. 137–56
Describes a study that analyzed 14 electronic lists or newsgroups in library and information science to find out which topics of discussion are dominant and which functions are performed by the messages posted. It also introduced students to this...
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The Role of Narrative in Understanding Digital Video: An Exploratory Analysis
Todd Wilkens; Anthony Hughes; Barbara M. Wildemuth; Gary Marchionini
Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting Vol. 40 (2003) pp. 323–29
Outlines the basic principles and research supporting the concept of narrative intelligence and its applicability to the ways in which people make sense of digital video. Explores relevant theory and research in sense-making, surrogates, narrative,...
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A Method for Inducing Process Models from Qualitative Data
Barbara M. Wildemuth
Library & Information Science Research Vol. 12, No. 4 (1990) pp. 329–40
Describes a method for inducing a theoretical model of a series of events that occur in an ongoing process. A data analysis method that transforms narrative data into event histories is explained, a spreadsheet display that compares event histories...
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Effective Methods for Studying Information Seeking and Use. Introduction and Overview
Barbara M. Wildemuth
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Vol. 53, No. 14 (2002) pp. 1218–22
In conjunction with the American Society for Information Science and Technology's (ASIST) annual meeting in fall 2001, the Special Interest Group on Information Needs, Seeking, and Use (SIG USE) sponsored a research symposium on "Effective Methods...
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A Longitudinal Study of Database-Assisted Problem Solving
Barbara M. Wildemuth; Charles P. Friedman; John Keyes; Stephen M. Downs
Information Processing & Management Vol. 36, No. 3 (2000) pp. 445–59
Examines the effects of database assistance on clinical problem solving across three cohorts of medical students and two database interfaces. Discusses the relationship between personal domain knowledge and problem solving, personal domain knowledge ...