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Perspectives on Search User Interfaces: Best Practices and Future Visions
Evidence-based practice in search interface design
Article first published online: 22 FEB 2006
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20301
Copyright © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Volume 57, Issue 6, pages 825–828, April 2006
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How to Cite
Wildemuth, B. M. (2006), Evidence-based practice in search interface design. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57: 825–828. doi: 10.1002/asi.20301
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- Issue published online: 24 MAR 2006
- Article first published online: 22 FEB 2006
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Abstract
An evidence-based practice approach to search interface design is proposed, with the goal of designing interfaces that adequately support search strategy formulation and reformulation. Relevant findings from studies of information professionals' searching behaviors, end users' searching of bibliographic databases, and search behaviors on the Web are highlighted. Three brief examples are presented to illustrate the ways in which findings from such studies can be used to make decisions about the design of search interfaces. If academic research can be effectively connected with design practice, we can discover which design practices truly are “best practices” and incorporate them into future search interfaces.