Quote: provide users with a paradigm for an effective search strategy [»kerrST_1986]

Quote: automatic categorization of search results by a small model of queries and a large, domain-specific terminology model; DynaCat for medicine [»pratW7_1999]

Quote: compared automatic categorization to clustering and ranking; more answers, liked better, ranked best [»pratW7_1999]

Quote: WebGlimpse allows neighborhood search computed at indexing time; allows jumps to related, close-by pages [»manbU1_1997]

Quote: query-initiated browsing -- locally navigate within a neighborhood; allows for localized similarity [»furnGW3_1997]

Quote: agents are semi-intelligent programs that carry out your goals; e.g., personal news reporters that scour the networks for relevant items [»lindO_1992]

Quote: study found searching on titles and abstracts as good as controlled keywords [»saltG7_1986]

Quote: literature indicates that text searching is as good or better than manual indexing [»saltG7_1986]

Quote: full-text search is the model for computerized search and retrieval; an automatically produced index is solely for efficiency [»swanDR10_1960]

Quote: to correlate 3-4 terms need to treat item pairs as phrases; text is naturally correlated [»silvC9_1999]

Quote: use nextword index for phrase queries; 3x faster at 3% extra space [»bahlD8_2002]

Quote: phrases are not substantially superior to single terms for indexing; nor are sophisticated analysis tools [»saltG4_1970]

Quote: efficient phrase queries using nextword and phrase indexes with inverted files; 4x faster, 25% more space [»willHE10_2004]

Quote: learners often failed to find information even when it was in front of them [»carrJM_1990]

Quote: the Mac-style user interface is a browsing interface that works well for 100-500 resources [»lindO_1992]

Quote: browsing requires immediate response; otherwise lose visual search and pattern-matching [»bereG9_1982]

Quote: with blank icons, users search filenames instead of first searching icon types [»byrnMD10_1991]

Quote: simple icons help users to search documents with a GUI, while complex icons are no better than simple rectangles [»byrnMD4_1993]

Quote: use facial features to present likely mugshoots; quicker identification better, 90% found in first 8 mugshoots [»leeE4_1993]

Quote: identified mugshoot features by distinguishing all pairs of photos, and selected 90 features with good properties; e.g., thin vs. thick neck [»leeE4_1993]

Quote: can define multiple views of a record file; specify a filter, a sort order, and a formatting document [»smitDC4_1982]

Quote: match mail messages against a form [»kentJ8_1988]

Quote: nine pattern-matching filters such as exact, prefix and wildcard [»kentJ8_1988]

Quote: use lookupGeneric to return names which have a property [»oppeDC10_1981]

Quote: lookupGeneric defines a yellow-pages for Clearinghouse; e.g., find Help Service [»oppeDC7_1983]

Quote: use lookupGeneric to find all printers in a domain [»oppeDC10_1981]

Quote: in Clearinghouse lookupGeneric, a wild card for a local name returns all names with a property [»oppeDC10_1981]

Quote: Clearinghouse includes wild card matches [»oppeDC7_1983]

Quote: add wild cards to match partial names by full names [»oppeDC7_1983]

Quote: if database supports partial match queries then want to arrange records to minimize number of examined buckets [»linWC3_1979]

Quote: can use partial naming of a Modeler object to locate the latest version of an object [»lampBW6_1983]

Quote: specific queries are inappropriate for broad information needs with many relevant documents [»pratW7_1999]

Quote: users prefer to find files by browsing rather than text search or remembering the name [»barrD7_1995]

Quote: keyword search on message body used less the three percent of time [»kentJ8_1988]

Quote: analysis of AltaVista search query log; 25 most common queries covered 1.5% of total; most sessions consisted of one query, viewed one screen of results [»silvC9_1999]