New Directions in Cognitive Information Retrieval presents an
exciting new direction for research into cognitive oriented information
retrieval (IR) research, a direction based on an analysis of the user's
problem situation and cognitive behavior when using the IR system. This
contrasts with the current dominant IR research paradigm which
concentrates on improving IR system matching performance.
The chapters describe the leading edge concepts and models of cognitive
IR that explore the nexus between human cognition, information and the
social conditions that drive humans to seek information using IR
systems. Chapter topics include: Polyrepresentation, cognitive overlap
and the boomerang effect, Multitasking while conducting the search,
Knowledge Diagram Visualizations of the topic space to facilitate user
assimilation of information, Task, relevance, selection state, knowledge
need and knowledge behavior, search training built into the search,
children's collaboration for school projects, and other cognitive
perspectives on IR concepts and issues.
This book is directly relevant to information scientists, librarians,
social scientists and computer scientists interested in Human Computer
Interaction (HCI) usability issues. Undergraduate and graduate students,
academics.
