Enabling Exploratory Browsing using Dynamic Search Result Tagging, Highlighting, and Filtering

作者：Abbas Pirmoradi Bezanjani, Orland Hoeber · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1145/3627508.3638295 · 被引用次数：6 · 研究领域：Information Retrieval and Search Behavior、Personal Information Management and User Behavior、Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing

In academic digital libraries, searchers commonly engage in exploratory search when faced with complex search tasks. An important part of exploratory search is exploratory browsing, where the focus is on search activities associated with discovery, learning, and investigation. However, these critical aspects of exploratory browsing are often not adequately supported by existing digital library search systems. In particular, they are hindered by the inability for searchers to add further information to inform their exploratory browsing style of searching. We address this issue by providing two new features: dynamic tagging of search results and an interactive workspace that allows the searcher to highlight and filter the search results using these tags. We have evaluated this approach compared to a baseline search system in a 32-participant user study. Increases in typical subjective measures were found, along with increases in perceived motivation and ability. Further, the documents saved as part of the exploratory browsing process were of higher precision when using this approach. These results show the value of providing searchers with interactive features that enable an exploratory browsing style of searching, beyond simply entering a query and selecting/saving search results.