CiteSense: supporting sensemaking of research literature

Making sense of research literature is a complicated process that involves various information seeking and comprehension tasks. The lack of support for sensemaking in existing systems presents important design challenges and opportunities. This research proposes the design of an integral environment to support literature search, selection, organization and comprehension. Our system prototype, CiteSense, offers lightweight interaction tools and a smooth transition among various information activities. This research deepens our understanding of the design of systems that support the sensemaking of research literature. ACM Classification: H5.2 [Information interfaces and presentation]: User Interfaces. - Graphical user interfaces. General Terms: Design

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Xiaolong Zhang, Yan Qu, C. Lee Giles, Piyou Song
• Keywords: CHI 2008, Human Computer Interaction, Research Literature, User Interfaces, Various Information