Christine L Borgman
Department of Information Studies
Graduate School of Education and Information Science
University of California, Los Angeles
 
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Publications > Information Seeking

Research on how people seek information is listed here.  Most of these studies were conducted on specific information retrieval systems.  A few are analytical or methodological papers.  While many of these have design implications, the more technical papers are included in the Digital Libraries section.

Borgman, C.L. (2006). What is New and Different about e-Research? Position Paper for Information, Communication and New Media Studies: Networking a Multidisciplinary Field. Workshop 2? February 2006, Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford. Organized Jointly by OII and the US Social Science Research Council (SSRC). [link]

Levien, R., Austein, S. R., Borgman, C. L., Casey, T., Dubberly, H., Faltstrom, P., Halvorsen, P.-K., Jenkins, M., Klensin, J. C., Mueller, M. L., Nelson, S., Partridge, C., Raduchel, W. & Varian, H. R. (2005). Signposts in Cyberspace: The Domain Name System and Internet Navigation. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. [link]

Borgman, C. L. (2005). The Social Embeddness of Embedded Networked Sensing. MIT-OII Workshop on New Approaches to Research on the Social Implications of Emerging Technologies, University of Oxford, University of Oxford. Oxford Internet Institute. [link]

Borgman, C. L. (1999). The user's mental model of an information retrieval system: An experiment on a prototype online catalog. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 51, 435-452. Reprinted from: Borgman, C. L. (1986). The user's mental model of an information retrieval system: An experiment on a prototype online catalog. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 24(1), 47-64. (30th anniversary issue of journal containing reprints of most-cited articles).

Beaulieu, M., & Borgman, C.L. (1996). A new era for OPAC research: Introduction to the Special Topics Issue on Current Research in Online Public Access Systems. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 47(7), 491-492.

Borgman, C.L., Hirsh, S.G., & Hiller, J. (1996). Rethinking Online Monitoring Methods For Information Retrieval Systems: From Search Product To Search Process. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 47(7), 568-583.

Borgman, C.L., Gallagher, A.L., Hirsh, S.G., & Walter, V.A. (1995). Children’s Searching Behavior On Browsing And Keyword Online Catalogs: The Science Library Catalog Project. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 46(9), 663-684. [Winner, Best JASIS Paper Award for 1995].

Hirsh, S.G., & Borgman, C. L. (1995). Comparing children’s use of browsing and keyword searching on the Science Library Catalog. In T. Kinney (ed.), Proceedings the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, 32, Chicago, October 9-12, 1995. pp. 19-26. Medford, NJ: Information Today.

Borgman, C. L. (1992 & 1988). Human factors in the use of information systems: Research methods and results. In: N. Tudor-Silovic and I. Mihel (Eds.), Information Research - Research Methods in Library and Information Science. (pp. 139-165). Proceedings of the International Seminar on Information Research, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, May 19-24, 1986. London: Taylor Graham, (1988). Reprinted in B. Cronin (Ed.), London: Taylor Graham (1992).

Gross, R.A., & Borgman, C.L. (1995). The incredible vanishing library. American Libraries, 26(9), 900-904.

Rosenberg, J.B., & Borgman, C.L. (1992). Extending the Dewey Decimal Classification via keyword clustering: The Science Library Catalog project. Proceedings of the 54th American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, 29. October 26-29, 1992, Pittsburgh. Medford, NJ: Learned Information, 171-184.

Borgman, C.L., & Plute, Y. (1992). User models of information retrieval systems. Lancaster, F. W. and Linda C. Smith, Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems: Will They Change the Library?, Papers presented at the 1990 Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, March 25-27, 1990. Urbana-Champaign, Ill.: Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Borgman, C.L., Walter, V.A., Rosenberg, J.B., & Gallagher, A.L. (1991). Children's use of a direct manipulation library catalog. SIGCHI Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction), 23(4), 69-70

Walter, V. A., & Borgman, C. L. (1991). The Science Library Catalog: A prototype information retrieval system for children. Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 4(2), 159-166.

Borgman, C. L., Gallagher, A. L., Walter, V.A., & Rosenberg, J.B. (1991). The Science Library Catalog Project: Comparison of children's searching behavior in a direct manipulation and a keyword search system. Proceedings of the 54th American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, 28. October 27-31, 1991, Washington, D.C. Medford, NJ: Learned Information, 162-169.

Borgman, C. L., Krieger, D., Gallagher, A. L., & Bower, J. (1990). Children's use of an interactive science library: Exploratory research. Apple Library Users Group Newsletter. Reprinted from: Research Column, Michael Eisenberg, Editor, School Library Media Quarterly, 18(2), 108-112.

Borgman, C. L., Gallagher, A. L., Krieger, D. & Bower, J. (1990). Children's use of an interactive catalog of science materials. Proceedings of the 53rd American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, 27. November 4-8, 1990, Toronto, Canada. Medford, NJ: Learned Information, 55-68.

Sullivan, M. V., Borgman, C. L., & Wippern, D. (1990). End-users, mediated searches, and front-end assistance programs on Dialog: A comparison of learning, performance, and satisfaction. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 41(1), 27-42

Borgman, C. L. (1989). All users of information systems are not created equal: An exploration into individual differences. Information Processing and Management, 25(3), 237-252.

Case, D. O., Borgman, C. L., & Balikowska, J. U. (1989). Bibliomac: A Macintosh HyperCard interface for an online catalog. In: J. Katzer, G. Newby (Eds.), Proceedings of the 52nd American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, 26. October 29-November 2, 1989, Washington, D.C. Medford, NJ: Learned Information, 111-114.

Borgman, C. L., Chignell, M. H., & Valdez, F. (1989). Designing an information retrieval interface based on children's categorization of knowledge: A pilot study. In: J. Katzer, G. Newby (Eds.), Proceedings of the 52nd American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, 26. October 29-November 2, 1989, Washington, DC. Medford, NJ: Learned Information, 81-95.

Borgman, C. L., Bower, J., Auth, M. J., & Krieger, D. (1989). From hands-on science to hands-on information retrieval. In: J.Katzer, G. Newby (Eds.), Proceedings of the 52nd American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, 26. October 29-November 2, 1989, Washington, DC. Medford, NJ: Learned Information, 96-103.

Borgman, C. L. & Henstell, B. (1989). Hypertext: What's in a name? Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 15(5), 22.

Meadow, C. T., Cerny, B. A., Borgman, C. L., & Case, D. O. (1989). Online access to knowledge: System design. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 40(2), 99-109.

Borgman, C. L., Case, D. O., & Meadow, C. T. (1989). The design and evaluation of a front end user interface for energy researchers. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 40(2), 86-98.

Sullivan, M., Borgman, C. L., & Wippern, D. L. (1988). Bibliographic searching by end-users and intermediaries: Front-end software vs. native Dialog commands. In: C. L. Borgman, E. H. Pai (Eds.), Proceedings of the 51st American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, 25. October 23-27, 1988, Atlanta. Medford, NJ: Learned Information, 120-126.

Borgman, C. L., Belkin, N. J., Croft, W. B., Lesk, M. E., & Landauer, T. K. (1988). Retrieval systems for the information seeker: Can the role of the intermediary be automated? Panel session sponsored by ACM/SIG on Information Retrieval. In E. Soloway, D. Frye, & S. B. Sheppard (Eds.), CHI'88 Conference Proceedings. Human Factors in Computing Systems. May 17-19, 1988, Washington, DC. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 51-54.

Sullivan, M. V., Wippern, D., Borgman, C. L., Weber, D., & MacLeod, S. (1987). Direct access to bibliographic databases by end-users: Menu facilitation vs. native command language. Final Report to the Council on Library Resources, October 1986. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 277 388)

Belkin, N. J., Borgman, C. L., Brooks, H. M., Bylander, T., Croft, W. B., Daniels, P., Deerwester, S., Fox, E. A., Ingwersen, P., Rada, R., Sparck Jones, K., Thompson, R., & Walker, D. (1987). Distributed Expert-Based Information Systems: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Information Processing and Management, 23(5), 395-409.

Borgman, C. L. (1987). Individual differences in the use of information retrieval systems: Some issues and some data. In C.T. Yu & C.J. Van Rijsbergen (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval Conference, June, 1987, New Orleans. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 61-71.

Borgman, C. L. (1987). Information retrieval from CD-ROM: Status quo or a revolution in end-user access? The Canadian Journal of Information Science, 12(3/4), 43-53.

Borgman, C. L. (1987). Toward a definition of 'user-friendly': A psychological perspective. In F.W. Lancaster (Ed.), What is User-Friendly? (pp. 29-44). Urbana-Champaign: Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois.

Borgman, C. L. (1987). The study of user behavior on information retrieval systems. SIGCUE Outlook, (Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer Use in Education. Special issue on information retrieval. J. Asteroff & M. Lesk, Bell Communications Research, guest editors), 19(3/4), 35-48.

Case, D.O., Borgman, C. L., & Meadow, C. T. (1986). End-user information-seeking in the energy field: Implications for end-user access to DOE RECON databases. Information Processing & Management, 22(4), 299-308.

Borgman, C. L., Case, D. O., & Meadow, C. T. (1986). Evaluation of a system to provide online instruction and assistance in the use of energy databases: The DOE/OAK Project. Proceedings of the 49th American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, 23. September 28-October 2, 1986, Chicago. Medford, NJ: Learned Information, 32-38.

Borgman, C. L. (1986). Human-computer interaction with information retrieval systems: Understanding complex communication behavior. In B. Dervin & M. Voigt (Eds.), Progress in Communication Sciences, Vol. 7 (pp. 91-122). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Borgman, C. L. (1986). Individual differences in the use of information retrieval systems: A pilot study. Proceedings of the 49th American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, 23. September 28-October 2, 1986, Chicago. Medford, NJ: Learned Information, 20-31.

Case, D.O., Borgman, C. L., & Meadow, C. T. (1986). Microcomputer-based instruction of end-users: Experimental trials of the OAK interface for DOE/RECON. Canadian Journal of Information Science, 11(2), 1-12.

Borgman, C. L. (1986). Online catalog screen displays: A human factors critique. In J. F. Williams (Ed.), Online Catalog Screen Displays: A Series of Discussions. Report of a conference sponsored by the Council on Library Resources, March 11-13, 1985, Austin, TX. Washington, D.C.: Council on Library Resources, 135-155.

Borgman, C. L. (1986). The user's mental model of an information retrieval system: An experiment on a prototype online catalog. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 24(1), 47-64.

Borgman, C. L., Case, D. O., & Ingebretsen, D. (1986). University faculty use of computerized databases: An assessment of needs and resources. In B. Katz (Ed.), Library Lit: The Best of 1985. Scarecrow Press. Reprinted from Online Review, 9(4) (1985), 307-332.

Borgman, C. L. (1986). Why are online catalogs hard to use? Lessons learned from information retrieval studies. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 37(6), 387- 400.

Ingebretsen, D. L., Borgman, C. L., & Case, D. O. (1985). Database guides: An annotated bibliography. Database, 8(3), 89-100.

Borgman, C. L., Case, D. O., & Meadow, C. T. (1985). Designing an information retrieval interface based on user characteristics. Proceedings of the 8th International ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval Conference, June, 1985, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. SIGIR Forum, 16(4 ), 139-146.

Borgman, C. L. (1985). Human factors in the use of computer networks. In E. J. Kazlauskas (Ed.), Local Area Networks and Libraries: The Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society for Information Science Seminar Proceedings. August 21-22, 1984, Los Angeles. Los Angeles: Pacific Information, 73-88.

Borgman, C. L., Case, D. O., & Meadow, C. T. (1985). Incorporating users' information seeking styles into the design of an information retrieval interface. Proceedings of the 48th American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, 22. October 20-24, 1985, Las Vegas, NV. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications, 324-330.

Borgman, C. L. (1985). Individual differences in the use of technology: Work in progress. Proceedings of the 48th American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, 22. October 20-24, 1985, Las Vegas, NV. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications, 243-249.

Case, D. O., Borgman, C. L., & Meadow, C. T. (1985). Information seeking by energy researchers. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 12(2), 13-14.

Case, D. O., Borgman, C. L., & Meadow, C. T. (1985). Information seeking in the energy field: The DOE/OAK Project. Proceedings of the 48th American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, 22. October 20-24, 1985, Las Vegas, NV. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications, 331- 336.

Borgman, C. L. (1985). The user's mental model of an information retrieval system. Proceedings of the 8th International ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval Conference, June, 1985, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. SIGIR Forum, 16(4), 268-273.

Borgman, C. L., Case, D. O., & Ingebretsen, D. (1985). University faculty use of computerized databases: An assessment of needs and resources. Online Review, 9(4), 307-332.

Borgman, C. L. & Case, D. O. (1984). Database guides: Are they doing a good job? Proceedings of the 47th American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting. October, 1984, Philadelphia, PA. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications, 158-163.

Borgman, C. L., Moghdam, D., & Corbett, P. K. (1984). Effective Online Searching: A Basic Text. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc. Library and Information Science Series, Vol. 45. Allen Kent (Ed.), (Fourth printing, 1989).

Borgman, C. L. (1984). Psychological research in human-computer interaction. In M. Williams (Ed.), Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, Vol. 19 (pp. 33-64). White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications.

Borgman, C. L. (1984). The application of human factors to systems design and training. Proceedings of the 47th American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting. October, 1984, Philadelphia, PA. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications, 243.

Borgman, C. L. (1983). End user behavior on an online information retrieval system: A computer monitoring study. Proceedings of the 6th International ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval Conference, June 6-8, 1983, Bethesda, MD. SIGIR Forum, 14(4), 161-176.

Borgman, C. L. (1983). End user behavior on the Ohio State University Libraries' Online Catalog: A computer monitoring study. Research Report. Dublin, OH: OCLC Online Computer Library Center.

Borgman, C. L. (1983). Psychological factors in online catalog use, or why users fail. In M. H. McClintock (Ed.), Training Users of Online Public Access Catalogs. Report of a conference sponsored by Trinity University and the Council on Library Resources, January 12-14, 1983, San Antonio, TX. Washington, D.C.: Council on Library Resources, 23-34.

Borgman, C. L. (1983). Performance effects of a user's mental model of an information retrieval system. Proceedings of the 46th American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting. October, 1983, Washington, D.C. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications, 121-124.

Borgman, C. L. (1982). Mental models: Ways of looking at a system. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 9(2), 38-39.

Borgman, C. L. (1982). Online monitoring of users of the Ohio State University online catalog: Methodological issues and results. Proceedings of the 45th American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting. October 17-21, 1982, Columbus, Ohio. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications, 35-36.

Borgman, C. L. (1982). The Videotex user interface: Design considerations and a feature analysis. Videodisc/Videotex, 2(2), 115-131.

Borgman, C. L. (1981). Ethics of information professionals in designing privacy related databases. Proceedings of the 44th American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting. October 25-30, 1981, Washington, D.C. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications, 171.

Borgman, C. L. (1981). User training on online information retrieval systems. Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, 32. New York: Marcel Dekker, 259-306.

Borgman, C. L. (1980). Use of an interactive package for the design of interactive screens provides control by non-programmers. Proceedings of the 43rd American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting. October 4-9, 1980, Anaheim, California. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications, 68-70.

Borgman, C. L. (1977). Library automation at Dallas Public Library. Proceedings of the 40th American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting. September 26-October 1, 1977, Chicago. Washington, DC: ASIS, 29, 2-A9-A-14.

Borgman, C. L. & Trapani, J. E. M. (1975). Novice user training on PIRETS (Pittsburgh Information Retrieval System). Proceedings of the 38th American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting. October 5-9, 1975, Boston, MA. Washington, D.C.: ASIS, 149-150.

 

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