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Access denied: how students resolve information needs when an "ideal" document is restricted

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Eric M. MeyersAuthors Info & Claims

iConference '12: Proceedings of the 2012 iConference

Pages 629 - 631

https://doi.org/10.1145/2132176.2132316

Published: 07 February 2012 Publication History

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Finding the right match between a document and an information need appears to be of particular concern to adolescent information seekers, who expect a wealth of information at their fingertips. Using qualitative and quantitative data from a mixed method study of middle school research practices, this poster explores how students react to a breakdown in the search for information online, specifically when a seemingly ideal document to meet an information need is blocked by the school's content filter. The findings illustrate the variety of strategies employed by students to meet the need, and the impact of the search barrier on students' information seeking success and their completion of the inquiry task. The poster concludes with implications for the mediation of search tasks in the school environment.

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Novin ANordlie RPharo NFreund LLarsen BRussel D(2017)Missing Information in the Classroom and Misinformed by the CrowdProceedings of the 2017 Conference on Conference Human Information Interaction and Retrieval10.1145/3020165.3022174(415-416)Online publication date: 7-Mar-2017
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Novin ANordlie RPharo NFreund LLarsen BRussel D(2017)Missing Information in the Classroom and Misinformed by the CrowdProceedings of the 2017 Conference on Conference Human Information Interaction and Retrieval10.1145/3020165.3022174(415-416)Online publication date: 7-Mar-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3020165.3022174
Novin AMeyers ENordlie RPharo NFreund LLarsen BRussel D(2017)Making Sense of Conflicting Science InformationProceedings of the 2017 Conference on Conference Human Information Interaction and Retrieval10.1145/3020165.3020185(175-184)Online publication date: 7-Mar-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3020165.3020185
Novin AMeyers E(2017)Four Biases in Interface Design InteractionsDesign, User Experience, and Usability: Theory, Methodology, and Management10.1007/978-3-319-58634-2_13(163-173)Online publication date: 14-May-2017
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58634-2_13

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