A Study of Decision Trees for Search Terms Selections and Mental Models: A Case Study in National Taiwan University

This article analyzes the information retrieval of college and graduate students in National Taiwan University when they were using PsycLIT CD-ROM database. 31 students conducted pre-assigned searches, doing 59 searches, and generating 609 search terms. This study investigates selection of search te...

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Main Author: Mu-hsuan Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Taiwan University 2002-12-01
Series:Journal of Library and Information Studies
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Online Access:https://jlis.lis.ntu.edu.tw/files/journal/j17-1.pdf
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description This article analyzes the information retrieval of college and graduate students in National Taiwan University when they were using PsycLIT CD-ROM database. 31 students conducted pre-assigned searches, doing 59 searches, and generating 609 search terms. This study investigates selection of search terms, search results, and decision trees for search terms selections. It also attempts to establish the relationship between different mental models and the above factors. (Article content in Chinese with English abstract)
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spelling doaj.art-bfcf37cc4e82429d87d3f678bedc6fdf2022-12-21T21:30:42ZengNational Taiwan UniversityJournal of Library and Information Studies1606-75091606-75092002-12-011713310.6182/jlis.2002.17.001A Study of Decision Trees for Search Terms Selections and Mental Models: A Case Study in National Taiwan UniversityMu-hsuan Huang0Professor and Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science, National Taiwan UniversityThis article analyzes the information retrieval of college and graduate students in National Taiwan University when they were using PsycLIT CD-ROM database. 31 students conducted pre-assigned searches, doing 59 searches, and generating 609 search terms. This study investigates selection of search terms, search results, and decision trees for search terms selections. It also attempts to establish the relationship between different mental models and the above factors. (Article content in Chinese with English abstract)https://jlis.lis.ntu.edu.tw/files/journal/j17-1.pdfinformation retrievalterm selectionssearch termssearch conceptsmental modelsdecision trees
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A Study of Decision Trees for Search Terms Selections and Mental Models: A Case Study in National Taiwan University
Journal of Library and Information Studies
information retrieval
term selections
search terms
search concepts
mental models
decision trees
title A Study of Decision Trees for Search Terms Selections and Mental Models: A Case Study in National Taiwan University
title_full A Study of Decision Trees for Search Terms Selections and Mental Models: A Case Study in National Taiwan University
title_fullStr A Study of Decision Trees for Search Terms Selections and Mental Models: A Case Study in National Taiwan University
title_full_unstemmed A Study of Decision Trees for Search Terms Selections and Mental Models: A Case Study in National Taiwan University
title_short A Study of Decision Trees for Search Terms Selections and Mental Models: A Case Study in National Taiwan University
title_sort study of decision trees for search terms selections and mental models a case study in national taiwan university
topic information retrieval
term selections
search terms
search concepts
mental models
decision trees
url https://jlis.lis.ntu.edu.tw/files/journal/j17-1.pdf
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