"Influence of Task Type and User Group on Web-based Information Seeking Behavior: Analysis of Eye Movement Data and Client-side Browsing Logs" JSIK Journal; vol.20; no.3; p.249-276; (2010-10), The 8th paper award of JSIK, Japan Society of Information and Knowledge
In this study, we investigate the changes in concept map representations of a topic during their exploratory search on the Web by comparing the concept maps depicted before and after each users searching. We have developed a tool to merge two concept maps for the analysis. This paper discusses how a method to identify a common node in pre- and post-search maps effects the analysis results. Part...
Changes in Users’ Knowledge Structures Before and After Web Search on a Topic: Analysis Using the Concept Map
This paper reports on a method for closely observing, eliciting and visualizing exploratory search processes with embedded information encountering in context.
Education Paper Index (EPI), created by Educational Policy Research Japan since 1960s, has indexed scholarly papers and magazine articles in the field of educational research and practice. This paper aims at examining overlaps between EPI and CiNii, another major database operated by National Institute of Informatics. From our examination, 59-63% of EPI records are also covered by CiNii. These ...