Scent and cues in the forage for Information : the roles of task and topical knowledge in the evaluation of information patch

• Main Author: Lee, Helena Seow Hong
• Other Authors: Pee Loo Geok
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Information literacy
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/75724
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Information seeking is an effortful task that involves user effort in filtering through hyperlinks and visual elements such as image and text. However, there is a lack of studies on the topic. This dissertation examines how hyperlink and visual elements and task specificity interacts to affect user...