Known-Item Searching on the World Wide Web

With the explosion of the World Wide Web, numerous search engines have proliferated online, claiming to be the best, fastest, or most accurate. Though each product is slightly different from the others in its presentation and search architecture, what all are providing is keyword searching of the We...

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Published in:Internet reference services quarterly 1997-04, Vol.2 (1), p.5-14
Main Author: Tiedman, Christine DeZelar
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Comparative Analysis
Comparative Testing
Information Retrieval
Information Seeking
Internet search
Known item searching
Known-itams searching
Online information retrieval
Online Searching
Ranking
Relevance (Information Retrieval)
Search Engines
User surveys
Web Sites
World Wide Web
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Information Seeking
Internet search
Known item searching
Known-itams searching
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Online Searching
Ranking
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Search Engines
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