Identifying Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Graduated Students' Search Strategies during their Information-searching through the Web

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Research/Original Article (دارای رتبه معتبر)
Abstract:
Purpose
the aim was to identify users' search strategies and the rate of using search strategies on the web.
Method
It is a practical survey. The statistical population included all the postgraduate students in the first semester at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. 95 students were selected by stratified random sampling method. To gather the data, log files were used.
Findings
12 search strategies were identified which was divided into 5 general categories. Iterative evaluation strategy in another tab was a new form of evaluation strategy of results. Among all, starting search strategies were the most commonly used category which were repeated 397 times, and the search results evaluation strategies were ranked afterward, with 321 replications. The category of Simultaneous multiple resource access strategies, with 77 repetitions, were also the least used strategies, but in particular, the recurring exploration strategy, with 21 repetitions, was the least applicable strategy. Conducting correlation test between strategies showed that some of Pearson's correlation coefficients were significant. The strongest relationship was between the starting search strategies and the search result evaluation strategies with a 0.591 correlation coefficient.
Discussion
The results showed that the majority of students used traditional and simple strategies, such as the formulation of search terms strategy and the iterative result evaluation strategy, and they used more complex strategies in few cases. These results showed that the students need to be trained in using strategies.
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Persian
Published:
Human Information Interaction, Volume:5 Issue: 3, 2018
Pages:
60 to 74
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سامانه نویسندگان
  • Nowkarizi، Mohsen
    Corresponding Author (1)
    Nowkarizi, Mohsen
    Professor Library and Information Science, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran
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