Query strategies during information searching: Effects of prior domain knowledge and complexity of the information problems to be solved
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Highlights：
• Three complexity levels of information problems are defined related to psychology domain.
• 40 students in psychology and in other domains performed information problems with an online encyclopedia.
• Students in psychology performed better than the others, especially for complex problems.
• Students in psychologies used more relevant strategies than the others.
• These expertise-related differences are stronger for the complex problems.
摘要
•Three complexity levels of information problems are defined related to psychology domain.•40 students in psychology and in other domains performed information problems with an online encyclopedia.•Students in psychology performed better than the others, especially for complex problems.•Students in psychologies used more relevant strategies than the others.•These expertise-related differences are stronger for the complex problems.
论文关键词：Information searching,Expertise,Information problem complexity,Strategies
论文评审过程：Received 15 June 2014, Revised 9 May 2015, Accepted 12 May 2015, Available online 11 June 2015, Version of Record 11 June 2015.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2015.05.004
