Pertti Vakkari

Effects of subject‐oriented visualization tools on search by novices and intermediates

2018 · Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology

This study explores how user subject knowledge influences search task processes and outcomes, as well as how search behavior is influenced by subject‐oriented information visualization (IV) tools. To enable integrated searches, the proposed WikiMap + …

Searching as learning: A systematization based on literature

2016 · Journal of Information Science

The paper surveys empirical studies on the relations between information searching and learning, and presents some reflections about learning in a search process based on the findings. First, the meaning of the concepts ‘learning’ and …