جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Search Process » در نشریات گروه « کتابداری و مدیریت اطلاعات »

Currently, in the researches of library and information sciences, the relationship between the process of searching and learning is discussed a lot. It seems that the search to learning has led to exploratory search and exploratory search has helped users discover concepts in order to overcome their uncertainty and finally, achieve learning. What has been neglected is the extent to which searching process affects learning and the degree of knowledge change until one reaches the level of expertise. Hence, the present study was compiled on research findings with the aim of determining the impact of the information search process based on work tasks on learning. For this purpose, a semi-experimental one-group design with pre-test and post-test was used in 2021. The statistical population was the nursing students of the Bushehr University of Medical Sciences in their sixth semester, and 38 of these students randomly participated in this study. First of all, an educational workshop with the aim of getting familiar with drawing conceptual map and a search training workshop were held. Afterwards, the students were assigned two tasks and they were asked to draw their conceptual maps before and after searching. In order to describe and analyze the information in this research, conceptual map scoring (a type of quantitative content analysis) was used to determine the degree of learning, the Euclidean algorithm was used to assess the degree of knowledge change until reaching the level of expertise, and the pairwise comparison method was used to evaluate the difference in the degree of learning before and after the search. The outcomes indicated that the mean difference before and after the search was significant in both scenarios (P<0.001). Also, there was a significant difference between the mean scores before and after the search and the score of the conceptual map, with high confidence. However, it was low, compared to the rate of learning growth according to the expert score. Besides, the difference between the mean of the conceptual map in the complex and simple scenarios was not significant. The results demonstrated the effectiveness of search as a learning method, so it is suggested that librarians and information professors introduce searching as a learning method along with other methods to increase awareness and develop creative thinking skills in the academic community.

To identify the most important factors affecting query formulation.

The design of this study was qualitative. The factors were extracted and categorized through a systematic review and an analytical meta-analysis in six steps. The steps included: determining keywords, creating inclusion criteria and deleting articles, background search, extracting lists A, B and C, descriptive analysis, and thematic analysis. In this regard, based on a search cycle and using a number of keywords approved by experts, articles related to the factors affecting the query formulation were studied. After descriptive analysis of these resources, contents were extracted according to the topic. The research population included all published articles on the factors affecting the query formulation in the period from 1991 to 2021. These resources were searched in reliable databases such as Scopus, Springer, Emerald, Web of Science, Elsevier, Eric, ProQuest, Ebsco, Cite Seer, Information Research, LISA, LISTA and Wiley. After extracting articles, collecting and analysing qualitative data, these analyses were used to determine the factors affecting the query formulation.

Findings showed that the factors affecting the query formulation itself originate from several fields such as user and retrieval task, which can be classified into two general categories of user-related factors and task-related factors. User-related factors included subject knowledge, knowledge of how to use the search system, search experience, language, demographic features, contextual factors, cognitive style, and cognitive load. Task-related factors included the type of search task and task difficulty. These factors change the formulation process in different ways that can be considered both positive and negative, as some of them may help to improve the quality of the formulation, others may prevent retrieval to be performed correctly.

Identifying factors affecting the query formulation and analysing the relationships between them can improve the quality of information literacy training by experts in this field. Also, it helps web designers create search tools tailored to the user's needs. Since formulation is an important part of information retrieval behaviours, recognizing the influencing factors can help discovering information retrieval patterns. Understanding how to formulate a query under the influence of various factors and recognizing these factors, can help increase the quality of search and retrieve more relevant results and improve human-computer interaction.