Interactive information retrieval in digital environments / Iris Xie.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book includes the integration of existing frameworks on user-oriented information retrieval systems across multiple disciplines; the comprehensive review of empirical studies of interactive information retrieval systems for different types of users, tasks, and subtasks; and the discussion of how to evaluate interactive information retrieval systems"--Provided by publisher.

Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter I: User-Oriented IR Research Approaches -- The Divide between System-Oriented and User-Oriented Approaches -- User-Oriented Approaches -- Summary -- Chapter II: Interactive IR in OPAC Environments -- Overview of OPAC Environments -- Research Overview -- Interaction Studies -- Summary -- Chapter III: Interactive IR in Online Database Environments -- Overview of Online Database Environments -- Research Overview -- Interaction Studies -- Summary -- Chapter IV: Interactive IR in Web Search Engine Environments -- Overview of Web Search Engine Environments -- Research Overview -- Interaction Studies -- Summary -- Chapter V: Interactive IR in Digital Library Environments -- Overview of Digital Library Environments -- Research Overview -- Interaction Studies -- Summary -- Chapter VI: TREC and Interactive Track Environments -- Overview of TREC -- Overview of Interactive Track -- Types of Interactive Studies -- Summary: Impact and Limitation of TREC Interactive Track Studies -- Chapter VII: Interactive IR Models -- Three Major IR Models -- Microlevel of Interactive IR Models and Approaches -- Summary: Major Components of and Limitations of Existing Macro- and Microlevel of Interactive IR Models -- Chapter VIII: Interactive IR Framework -- Nature of IR and Interactive IR in Digital Environments -- Planned-Situational Interactive IR Model -- Summary -- Chapter IX: Illustration and Validation of the Interactive IR Framework -- Overview of the Empirical Study -- Levels of User Goals and Tasks and their Representation -- Personal Information Infrastructure -- Social-Organizational Context -- IR Systems -- Types of Information-Seeking Strategies -- Dimensions of Plans and Situations -- Shifts in Current Search Goals and Information-Seeking Strategies -- Factors Affecting Shifts in Current Search Goals/Search Tasks and Information-Seeking Strategies -- Summary -- Chapter X: Implications of the Planned-Situational Interactive IR Model -- Theoretical Implications: Understanding the Nature of IR -- Practical Implications: Implication for Interactive IR System Design -- Implications for Interactive IR System Evaluation: Multi-Dimensional Evaluation Framework -- Summary -- Chapter XI: Conclusions and Future Directions -- Conclusions and Contribution of the Book -- Unsolved Problems and Further Research Directions -- Further Research Directions and Related Questions -- About the Editor -- Index.