Sorting Out Searching: A User-Interface Framework for Text Searches

: Current user interfaces for textual database searching leave much to be desired: individually, they are often confusing, and as a group, they are seriously inconsistent. We propose a four-phase framework for user-interface design. The framework provides common structure and terminology for searching while preserving the distinct features of individual collections and search mechanisms. This paper appeared in CACM 41, 4 (April 1998), pp. 95–98. An earlier but more detailed version appeared as Tech Report IR-107 in this series, and online in D-Lib Magazine: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january97/01contents.html This material is based on work supported in part by the National Science Foundation, Library of Congress, and Department of Commerce under cooperative agreement number EEC-9209623,by NRaD Contract Number N66001-94-D-6054, by NASA contract NAG-528-95, and by NSF contract IRI-96-15534. Any opinions, findings, conclusions and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the autho...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 1998
• Where: CACM
• Authors: Ben Shneiderman, Donald Byrd, W. Bruce Croft
• Keywords: CACM 1998, Four-phase Framework, NRaD Contract Number, Nsf Contract Iri-96-15534