CS 5244: Reference Interviews / Information Seeking

29 Sep 2004

What about web search?

In a recent study at Yahoo!, Rose and Levinson categorized three broad areas:

¡Navigational

lGo to a website

lE.g., aloha airlines

¡Informational

lLearn something

lE.g., 2004 election dates

¡Resource

lDownload something / view something

lE.g., kazaa lite