[Library and Information Science] New Directions in Children’s and Adolescents’ Information Behavior Research Volume 10 || Interface Design: The Impact of Images and Catalog Organization on the Information Retrieval of Children Ages Five to Eight While Subject Browsing

✍ Scribed by Bilal, Dania; Beheshti, Jamshid

• Book ID: 127006550
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 502 KB
• Edition: 1
• Volume: 10.1108/S1876-0562201410
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 1783508140
• ISSN: 1876-0562
• DOI: 10.1108/s1876-056220140000010057

✦ Synopsis

The results of decades of research shows that children and adolescents encounter challenges and obstacles in searching for information and retrieving relevant results, and have difficulty interpreting results within various information environments. However, a recent paradigm shift points to the changed information behavior of the new generation of users; children and adolescents born after the advent of the Web. Technologically savvy, they skim and surf for information, multi-task, search collaboratively, and share information on social networks. This book comprises innovative research on the information behavior of various age groups and special populations. It provides studies and reflections on designing systems that help the new generation cope with a complex knowledge society. In addition to information scholars, this book will also be of interest to information professionals, librarians, educators, Web designers, and human-computer interaction researchers.