Aslib Proceedings: Volume 52 Issue 3

The impact of the Internet on information seeking in the Media1

David Nicholas, Peter Williams, Peter Cole, Helen Martin

There is very little qualitative data on what impact the Internet is having on information seeking in the workplace. Using open‐ended interviews, questionnaires and observation…

Citizenship information needs in the UK: results of a national survey of the general public by personal doorstep interview

Rita Marcella, Graeme Baxter

This paper reports the results of the second stage of the Citizenship Information research project funded by the BLR&IC: a national survey, by personal doorstep interview, of the…

Information retrieval techniques for evaluating search engines: a critical overview

Monica Landoni, Steven Bell

The objective of this paper is to highlight the importance of a scientifically sounded approach to search engine evaluation. Nowadays there is a flourishing literature which…