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Tuzahra, Fatimah. "READING ONLINE: EVALUATION OF ONLINE SOURCES CREDIBILITY." Journal of Research on Language Education 2, no. 1 (January 30, 2021): 32. http://dx.doi.org/10.33365/jorle.v2i1.1007.

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The vast amount of online information demands readers to check its credibility since fabricated information has widely been misused and also supported by a lack of filters in web-based sources in ensuring its quality. In practice, checking the credibility of an online source is not an easy task to do as searchers need to consider several aspects in its application. This happens due to some factors, such as language and searchers’ willingness in identifying the quality of online information. This paper focuses on the evaluation of online sources' credibility covering scholars’ definitions of online sources credibility, English-native and foreign searchers’ perspective in judging online sources, and varied criteria applied in online sources credibility in which give insight for readers about this issue and provide references for further study.

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Bellardo, Trudi. "What do we really know about online searchers?" Online Review 9, no. 3 (March 1985): 223–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb024184.

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Shaw, Debora. "Nine sources of problems for novice online searchers." Online Review 10, no. 5 (May 1986): 295–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb024223.

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Logan, Elisabeth. "Cognitive styles and online behavior of novice searchers." Information Processing & Management 26, no. 4 (January 1990): 503–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0306-4573(90)90070-i.

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Steegmans, Joep, and Jonathan de Bruin. "Online housing search: A gravity model approach." PLOS ONE 16, no. 3 (March 24, 2021): e0247712. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247712.

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In this paper we apply a gravity framework to user-generated data of a large online housing market platform. We show that gravity describes the patterns of inflow and outflow of hits (mouse clicks, etc.) from one municipality to another, where the municipality of the user defines the origin and the municipality of the property that is viewed defines the destination. By distinguishing serious searchers from recreational searchers we demonstrate that the gravity framework describes geographic search patterns of both types of users. The results indicate that recreational search is centered more around the user’s location than serious search. However, this finding is driven entirely by differences in border effects as there is no difference in the distance effect. By demonstrating that geographic search patterns of both serious and recreational searchers are explained by their physical locations, we present clear evidence that physical location is an important determinant of economic behavior in the virtual realm too.

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Byrne, Alex. "‘Or else they're lovely liars’: online searchers in Australia." Online Review 13, no. 5 (May 1989): 395–405. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb024319.

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Howden, Norman, and Bert R. Boyce. "The Use of CAI in the Education of Online Searchers." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 28, no. 3 (1988): 201. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/40311616.

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Connell, Tschera Harkness. "Subject searching in online catalogs: Metaknowledge used by experienced searchers." Journal of the American Society for Information Science 46, no. 7 (August 1995): 506–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(199508)46:7<506::aid-asi4>3.0.co;2-3.

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Cai, Shaohan, and Minjoon Jun. "Internet users' perceptions of online service quality: a comparison of online buyers and information searchers." Managing Service Quality: An International Journal 13, no. 6 (December 2003): 504–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09604520310506568.

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Paparrizos, John, Ryen W. White, and Eric Horvitz. "Screening for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Using Signals From Web Search Logs: Feasibility Study and Results." Journal of Oncology Practice 12, no. 8 (August 2016): 737–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jop.2015.010504.

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Introduction: People’s online activities can yield clues about their emerging health conditions. We performed an intensive study to explore the feasibility of using anonymized Web query logs to screen for the emergence of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The methods used statistical analyses of large-scale anonymized search logs considering the symptom queries from millions of people, with the potential application of warning individual searchers about the value of seeking attention from health care professionals. Methods: We identified searchers in logs of online search activity who issued special queries that are suggestive of a recent diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. We then went back many months before these landmark queries were made, to examine patterns of symptoms, which were expressed as searches about concerning symptoms. We built statistical classifiers that predicted the future appearance of the landmark queries based on patterns of signals seen in search logs. Results: We found that signals about patterns of queries in search logs can predict the future appearance of queries that are highly suggestive of a diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. We showed specifically that we can identify 5% to 15% of cases, while preserving extremely low false-positive rates (0.00001 to 0.0001). Conclusion: Signals in search logs show the possibilities of predicting a forthcoming diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma from combinations of subtle temporal signals revealed in the queries of searchers.

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Higashikawa, Yuya, Naoki Katoh, Stefan Langerman, and Shin-ichi Tanigawa. "Online graph exploration algorithms for cycles and trees by multiple searchers." Journal of Combinatorial Optimization 28, no. 2 (December 4, 2012): 480–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10878-012-9571-y.

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Wang, Xuehua, Wing Chi Chow, Zhilin Yang, and Jennifer Y.M. Lai. "Market signals: web site investment and physical store existence." Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 26, no. 1 (January 7, 2014): 94–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/apjml-02-2013-0022.

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Purpose – Reputational beliefs influence online purchase intentions but are difficult to establish in settings in which counterfeit products are common, especially in emerging economies. Drawing upon signalling theory, this work decomposes reputational beliefs into: an ability belief, as represented by web site investment, and a truthfulness belief, as signalled by a statement about the existence of a physical store, and investigates their differential effects on online purchase intentions. This work aims to further investigate the moderating effects of searchers' personality type on the relationships between reputational beliefs and online purchase intentions. Design/methodology/approach – Three experiments using various samples (students versus non-students) and products (cell phone versus camera) were conducted. Findings – The results reveal that two significant market signals, web site investment and a statement about physical store existence, influence reputation beliefs, and, thus online purchase intentions. Moreover, aggressive searchers' online purchase intentions depend on their ability belief rather than their truthfulness belief, whereas non-aggressive searchers' intentions rely on their truthfulness belief rather than their ability belief. Originality/value – This work provides new theoretical insights into factors influencing consumers' online purchase decision making by decomposing reputational beliefs and incorporating the moderating effect of personality type. It contributes to signaling literature by examining the effects of two market signals – web site investment and statement about the existence of a physical store – on two major components of reputational beliefs and online purchase intentions. This article is the first to empirically test the effects of reputational beliefs from the perspective of end-users in an online context.

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Horn, Marguerite E. "Super Searchers Cover the World: The Online Secrets of International Business Researchers." Serials Review 29, no. 1 (March 2003): 65–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00987913.2003.10764795.

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Fu, Hengyi. "Mixed language queries in online searches." Aslib Journal of Information Management 71, no. 1 (January 21, 2019): 72–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ajim-04-2018-0091.

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Purpose With the increasing number of online multilingual resources, cross-language information retrieval (CLIR) has drawn much attention from the information retrieval (IR) research community. However, few studies have examined how and why multilingual searchers seek information in two or more languages, specifically how they switch and mix language in queries to get satisfying results. The purpose of this paper is to focus on Chinese–English bilinguals’ intra-sentential code-switching behaviors in online searches. The scenarios and reasons of code-switching, factors that may affect code-switching, the patterns of mixed language query formulation and reformulation and how current IR systems and other search tools can facilitate such information needs were examined. Design/methodology/approach In-depth semi-structured interviews were used as the research method. In total, 30 participants were recruited based on their English proficiency, location and profession, using a purposive sampling method. Findings Four scenarios and four reasons for using Chinese–English mixed language queries to cover information needs were identified, and results suggest that linguistic and cultural/social factors are of equivalent importance in code-switching behaviors. English terms and Chinese terms in queries play different roles in searches, and mixed language queries are irreplaceable by either single language queries or other search facilitating features. Findings also suggest current search engines and tools need greater emphasis in the user interface and more user education is required. Originality/value This study presents a qualitative analysis of bilinguals’ code-switching behaviors in online searches. Findings are expected to advance the theoretical understanding of bilingual users’ search strategies and interactions with IR systems, and provide insights for designing more effective IR systems and tools to discover multilingual online resources, including cross-language controlled vocabularies, personalized CLIR tools and mixed language query assistants.

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Hayman, Sarah Lindsay. "Knowing How Good Our Searches Are: An Approach Derived from Search Filter Development Methodology." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 10, no. 4 (December 13, 2015): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8tp4m.

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Abstract Objective – Effective literature searching is of paramount importance in supporting evidence based practice, research, and policy. Missed references can have adverse effects on outcomes. This paper reports on the development and evaluation of an online learning resource, designed for librarians and other interested searchers, presenting an evidence based approach to enhancing and testing literature searches. Methods – We developed and evaluated the set of free online learning modules for librarians called Smart Searching, suggesting the use of techniques derived from search filter development undertaken by the CareSearch Palliative Care Knowledge Network and its associated project Flinders Filters. The searching module content has been informed by the processes and principles used in search filter development. The self-paced modules are intended to help librarians and other interested searchers test the effectiveness of their literature searches, provide evidence of search performance that can be used to improve searches, as well as to evaluate and promote searching expertise. Each module covers one of four techniques, or core principles, employed in search filter development: (1) collaboration with subject experts; (2) use of a reference sample set; (3) term identification through frequency analysis; and (4) iterative testing. Evaluation of the resource comprised ongoing monitoring of web analytics to determine factors such as numbers of users and geographic origin; a user survey conducted online elicited qualitative information about the usefulness of the resource. Results – The resource was launched in May 2014. Web analytics show over 6,000 unique users from 101 countries (at 9 August 2015). Responses to the survey (n=50) indicated that 80% would recommend the resource to a colleague. Conclusions – An evidence based approach to searching, derived from search filter development methodology, has been shown to have value as an online learning resource. More information is needed about the reasons why people are using the resource beyond what could be ascertained by the survey results.

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Wakimoto, Diana K. "Children Display Seven Distinct Roles When Searching Online at Home." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 8, no. 3 (September 10, 2013): 67. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8t61n.

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Objective – To explore children’s Internet searching at home in order to make recommendations to designers, researchers, educators, and parents on how to assist children in becoming search literate through understanding children’s search roles. Design – Qualitative, exploratory study. Setting – Children’s homes in the urban areas of Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. Subjects – 83 children (28 children were age 7, 29 were age 9, and 26 were age 11). 41 of the children were female and 42 were male. Parents of the children were also included in the study. 77% of the parent interviews were carried out with mothers, 15% were with fathers, and 8% were with both parents together. Methods – The authors conducted qualitative interviews both with the parents and the children. Parents were interviewed first and the interviews were audiotaped and transcribed. The interviews covered computer rules, children’s experience in searching, searching habits, and areas of frustration. Interviews with the children covered questions about frequency of computer use and reasons for searching. These interviews were video recorded and transcribed. After the interview, the children were asked to complete five search tasks, which were video recorded, and were asked if they had successfully completed the task and why they clicked the link results. The researchers also took notes throughout the interviews and search tasks. The researchers were able to analyze 80 transcripts from the children and 75 transcripts from the parents. The interview transcripts were coded using inductive, qualitative coding starting with open coding to identify categories of children’s search roles. The transcripts from the children interviews were coded three times by one researcher and the coding was verified by another researcher. The transcripts then were coded again using the code book developed by the first researcher. The researchers completed axial and selective coding to refine their search role categories. The researchers also analyzed the data in order to identify behaviours that distinguished the categories from each other. The same coding process was used for the parent interview transcripts. The results from the analysis of the parent interviews were used to verify findings from the children transcripts. Main Results – Children searching at home show seven different searching roles: developing, domain-specific, power, nonmotivated, distracted, rule-bound, and visual, with each search role being delineated by specific behaviors and/or abilities. Triggers for searching change as children age, with younger children searching based on personal interests while older children search for school-related information. Children rely on summaries shown on the results page, as well as familiarity with known websites, in deciding which links to click. Children are interested in both moving and still image results, with visual searchers, power, and distracted searchers frequently mentioning images in their interviews. Power searchers, those with the ability to use keywords and with an understanding of search engines, discussed less influence on their searches than others. Parents have more influence over younger children while school has more influence over older children. Parents helped and influenced their children’s searching in varied ways including demonstrating and offering advice for searching and setting rules for searching. Children often reported frustration with their searches, which was also reported by parents. Most of the children were unable to complete the complex search task as they were unable to separate the query into multiple parts. Few gender differences in searching were found, although researchers reported that games were a trigger for boys more often than girls, and boys declined to search more than girls. Girls were more influenced in their searching than boys and stopped searching due to boredom more often than boys. Conclusion – The authors suggest that the findings can help search engine designers, researchers, educators, and parents to assist children in becoming search literate. Designers should enable scaffolded, assisted searching in order to help searchers, especially with separating out multiple parts of a complex question and with encouraging fact-checking. Educators and parents can coordinate their efforts to more effectively help children overcome searching frustrations and challenges. Researchers could replicate the study to validate the search roles discovered by the authors and also extend the study to focus on searching in regards to gender and use of other devices, such as smartphones and tablets.

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Novotny, Eric. "I Don’t Think I Click: A Protocol Analysis Study of Use of a Library Online Catalog in the Internet Age." College & Research Libraries 65, no. 6 (November 1, 2004): 525–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crl.65.6.525.

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A protocol analysis study was undertaken to explore how a Web-savvy generation of library users searches the online catalog. Eighteen users, including experienced and novice searchers, were recruited. Participants agreed to be recorded and to express their thoughts aloud while searching. Analysis of these data has revealed several distinct trends. Most notable among these trends has been the impact of Internet search engines on user expectations. Given the influence of the Web, these assumptions are likely common throughout higher education. This research reveals where bottlenecks occur and provides insights into how libraries can design systems that help users around trouble spots.

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Farber, Miriam, and Snunith Shoham. "Users, end‐users, and end‐user searchers of online information: a historical overview." Online Information Review 26, no. 2 (April 2002): 92–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14684520210424557.

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Abel, Gregory A., Angel M. Cronin, Kristofer Earles, and Stacy W. Gray. "Accessibility and Quality of Online Cancer-Related Clinical Trial Information for Naïve Searchers." Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 24, no. 10 (August 11, 2015): 1629–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.epi-15-0274.

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Ishak, Wan Hussain Wan, and Nurul Farhana Ismail. "Recommender System for Multiple Databases Based on Web Log Mining." Annals of Emerging Technologies in Computing 5, no. 5 (March 20, 2021): 187–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.33166/aetic.2021.05.023.

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Finding information from a large collection of resources is a tedious and time-consuming process. Due to information overload, searchers often need help and assistance to search and find the information. Recommender system is one of the innovative solutions to the problem related to information searching and retrieval. It helps and assist searchers by recommending the possible solution based on the previous search activities. These activities can be obtained from the web log, which requires a web log mining approach to extract all the keywords. In this study, keywords obtained from the library web log were analysed and the search keyword patterns were obtained. These keyword patterns were from several databases or resources that were subscribed by the library. The finding revealed some of the popular keywords and the most searchable databases among the searchers. This information was used to design and develop the recommender system that can be used to assist other searchers. The usability test of the recommender system showed that it is beneficial and useful to the searchers. These findings will also benefit the management in planning and managing the subscription of online databases at the university’s library.

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Morehead, David R., and William B. Rouse. "Online assessment of the value of information for searchers of a bibliographic data base." Information Processing & Management 21, no. 2 (January 1985): 83–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0306-4573(85)90019-6.

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Wang, Afeng, Yiming Zhao, and Yijin Chen. "Information Search Trail Recommendation Based on Markov Chain Model and Case-based Reasoning." Data and Information Management 5, no. 1 (December 1, 2020): 228–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/dim-2020-0047.

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AbstractAn information search trail recommendation method based on the Markov chain model and case-based reasoning is proposed. A laboratory user experiment was designed to evaluate the proposed method. The experimental results demonstrated that novice searchers have a positive attitude toward the search trail recommendation and a willingness to use the recommendation. Importantly, this study found that the search trail recommendation could effectively improve novice searchers’ search performance. This finding is mainly reflected in the diversity of information sources and the integrity of the information content of the search results. The proposed search trail recommendation method extends the application scope of information recommendations and provides insights to improve the organization and management of online information resources.

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Spink, Amanda, and Colleen Cool. "Recognition of stages in the user's information‐seeking process during online searching by novice searchers." Online Review 16, no. 5 (May 1992): 297–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb024407.

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Yom-Tov, Elad, Anat Brunstein-Klomek, Or Mandel, Arie Hadas, and Silvana Fennig. "Inducing Behavioral Change in Seekers of Pro-Anorexia Content Using Internet Advertisements: Randomized Controlled Trial." JMIR Mental Health 5, no. 1 (February 22, 2018): e6. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/mental.8212.

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Background The influence of pro-anorexia (pro-ana) websites is debated, with studies indicating both negative and positive effects, as well as significant variation in the effects of different websites for those suffering from eating disorders (EDs) and the general population. Online advertising, known to induce behavioral change both online and in the physical world, has not been used so far to modify the search behavior of people seeking pro-ana content. Objective The objective of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) was to examine if online advertisements (ads) can change online search behaviors of users who are looking for online pro-ana content. Methods Using the Bing Ads system, we conducted an RCT to randomly expose the searchers for pro-ana content to 10 different ads referring people to one of the three websites: the National Eating Disorders Association, the National Institutes of Mental Health, and MyProAna. MyProAna is a pro-ana website that was found in a previous study to be associated with less pathological online behaviors than other pro-ana websites. We followed participants exposed and unexposed to the ads to explore their past and future online searches. The ads were shown 25,554 times and clicked on 217 times. Results Exposure to the ads was associated with a decrease in searches for pro-ana and self-harm content. Reductions were greatest among those referred to MyProAna (reduction of 34.0% [73/215] and 37.2% [80/215] for pro-ana and self-harm, respectively) compared with users who were referred elsewhere (reduction of 15.47% [410/2650] and 3.21% [85/2650], respectively), and with users who were not shown the ads, who increased their behaviors (increase of 57.12% [6462/11,314] and 4.07% [461/11,314], respectively). In addition, those referred to MyProAna increased their search for treatment, as did control users, who did so to a lesser extent. However, users referred elsewhere decreased their searches for this content. Conclusions We found that referring users interested in ED-related content to specific pro-ana communities might lessen their maladaptive online search behavior. This suggests that those who are preoccupied with EDs can be redirected to less pathological online searches through appropriate pathways. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03439553; https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03439553 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6xNYnxYlw)

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Bergman, Ofer, Tamar Israeli, and Yael Benn. "Why do some people search for their files much more than others? A preliminary study." Aslib Journal of Information Management 73, no. 3 (April 12, 2021): 406–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ajim-08-2020-0250.

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PurposePrevious research has repeatedly shown that people only search for files in a small minority of cases when they do not remember the file's location. The current study aimed to examine whether there is a group of hyper-searchers who search significantly more than others. Based on previous neurocognitive studies, this study aims to hypothesize that if such a group exists, they will have superior verbal memory and reduced visuospatial memory.Design/methodology/approachIn total, 65 participants completed a questionnaire estimating their search percentages, as well as reporting demographic data. Verbal memory was measured using the Wechsler logical memory test, and visuospatial memory was assessed using an online card memory game.FindingsHyper-searchers were defined as participants with search percentage of over one standard deviation (SD) above the mean. The average search percentage of the seven participants who met this criterion was 51% (SD = 14%), over five times more than the other participants (M = 10%, SD = 9%). Similar results were obtained by re-analyzing data from four previous papers (N = 1,252). The results further confirmed the hypothesis that hyper-searchers have significantly better verbal memory than other participants, possibly making searching easier and more successful for them. Lastly, the search percentage was positively predicted by verbal memory scores and negatively predicted by visuospatial memory scores. Explanations and future research are discussed.Originality/valueThis preliminary study is the first to introduce the concept of hyper-searchers, demonstrate its existence and study its causes.

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Kobayashi, Tetsuro, Fumiaki Taka, and Takahisa Suzuki. "Can “Googling” correct misbelief? Cognitive and affective consequences of online search." PLOS ONE 16, no. 9 (September 22, 2021): e0256575. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256575.

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With increasing concern over online misinformation in perspective, this study experimentally examined the cognitive as well as the affective consequences of online search. Results of the two experiments using widely shared, prejudiced misinformation about an ethnic minority in Japan indicated that (a) online search reduces on average the likelihood of believing the misinformation, (b) the magnitude of the effect is larger among those who are predisposed to believe the misinformation, (c) cognitive correction is observed whether searchers are motivated to achieve a directional goal or an accuracy goal, and (d) online search deteriorates affective feeling toward the target groups of the misinformation. Theoretical implications are discussed in relation to the robustness of confirmation bias in online search and the “belief echo” in which exposure to negative misinformation continues to shape attitudes even after the misinformation has been effectively discredited.

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Haigh, Susan. "Library Catalogue Users Are Influenced by Trends in Web Searching." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 1, no. 3 (September 14, 2006): 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8ks33.

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A review of: Novotny, Eric. “I Don’t Think I Click: A Protocol Analysis Study of Use of a Library Online Catalog in the Internet Age.” College & Research Libraries, 65.6 (Nov. 2004): 525-37. Objective – To explore how Web-savvy users think about and search an online catalogue. Design – Protocol analysis study. Setting – Academic library (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). Subjects – Eighteen users (17 students, 1 faculty member) of an online public access catalog, divided into two groups of nine first-time and nine experienced users. Method – The study team developed five tasks that represented a range of activities commonly performed by library users, such as searching for a specific item, identifying a library location, and requesting a copy. Seventeen students and one faculty member, divided evenly between novice and experienced searchers, were recruited to “think aloud” through the performance of the tasks. Data were gathered through audio recordings, screen capture software, and investigator notes. The time taken for each task was recorded, and investigators rated task completion as “successful,” “partially successful,” “fail,” or “search aborted.” After the searching session, participants were interviewed to clarify their actions and provide further commentary on the catalogue search. Main results – Participants in both test groups were relatively unsophisticated subject searchers. They made minimal use of Boolean operators, and tended not to repair failed searches by rethinking the search vocabulary and using synonyms. Participants did not have a strong understanding of library catalogue contents or structure and showed little curiosity in developing an understanding of how to utilize the catalogue. Novice users were impatient both in choosing search options and in evaluating their search results. They assumed search results were sorted by relevance, and thus would not typically browse past the initial screen. They quickly followed links, fearlessly tried different searches and options, and rapidly abandoned false trails. Experienced users were more effective and efficient searchers than novice users. They used more specific keyword terms and were more persistent to review their search options and results. Through their prior experience, they knew how to interpret call numbers, branch library location codes, and library terminology such as ‘periodicals’. Participants expected the catalogue to rank results based on relevancy like an Internet search engine. While most were observed to understand intuitively the concept of broadening or narrowing a search, a ‘significant minority’ added a term to an already too-narrow search to improve their search results. When interviewed, participants suggested several ways to improve the catalog search query, such as adding summaries and contents, ranking results by relevance and degree of exact match to search terms, including an Amazon-like “find more like this” feature, and providing context-sensitive and interactive online help, especially at the point when a search has produced too many or too few hits. Conclusions – The study concluded that library catalogue users are heavily influenced by trends in Web searching. No matter what type of search a task called for, the participants tended to expect a simple keyword search to lead to optimal results presented in relevancy-ranked order. Because users do not generally know or care about the structure of a bibliographic record, and many have little concept of what a library catalogue is for or what it contains, Novotny suggests that user instruction needs to address these basics. He also suggests that library professionals and library system vendors must work together to address the clear evidence that library catalogues are failing their users.

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Hoeber, Orland, and Taraneh Khazaei. "Evaluating citation visualization and exploration methods for supporting academic search tasks." Online Information Review 39, no. 2 (April 13, 2015): 229–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/oir-10-2014-0259.

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Purpose – Conducting academic searches within online digital libraries can be a difficult task due to the complexity of the searcher’s information need. The interfaces for such digital libraries commonly use simple search features that provide limited support for the fundamental strategies that academic searchers employ. The authors have developed a novel visualisation interface called Bow Tie Academic Search to address some of these shortcomings, and present in this paper the findings from a user evaluation. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – A controlled laboratory study was conducted to compare a traditional search interface to Bow Tie Academic Search. In total, 24 graduate students were recruited to perform academic searches using the two candidate interfaces, guided by specific sub-tasks that focus on citation and keyword analysis strategies. Findings – Although the use of the core visualisation and exploration features did not reveal differences in retrieval effectiveness or efficiency, the query refinement features were found to be effective. Strongly positive impressions of usefulness and ease of use of all aspects of the system were reported, along with a preference for using Bow Tie Academic Search for academic search tasks. Originality/value – This study provides insight into the potential value for providing visual and interactive interfaces for supporting academic search tasks and strategies. While the quantitative improvements over the traditional search interface were minimal, the qualitative measures illustrate the value of Bow Tie Academic Search.

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Chawner, Brenda. "Super Searchers on Competitive Intelligence: The Online and Offline Secrets of Top CI Researchers20059Edited by Reva Basch. Super Searchers on Competitive Intelligence: The Online and Offline Secrets of Top CI Researchers. Medford, NJ: Information Today 2003. xiv + 331 pp., ISBN: 0‐910965‐64‐1 US$24.95 soft Super Searchers; 12." Electronic Library 23, no. 2 (April 2005): 259–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02640470510593040.

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Mejía-Trejo, Juan, and Oscar Alejandro Espinoza-Mercado. "The Online Customer Decision-Making Styles as Marketing Innovation Strategies for the New Normal." Scientia et Praxis 1, no. 02 (2021): 1–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.55965/setp.1.02.a1.

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Purpose.This research contributed to the customer decision-making style (CDMS) theory in the online framework (eCDMS) to unravel new orientations and segmentation to generate marketing innovation strategies for the new normal firms.Methodology. It is based on a literature review designing a model and questionnaire applied to 400 Mexican online customers (May-Aug, 2021). The dataset is analyzed under Covariance-Based Structural Equation Modelling (CB-SEM), Cluster Analysis, and one-way-ANOVA multivariate methods. Findings and Originality.The obtention of an empirical model with 9 factors,24 indicators as new online customer decision-making styles orientations (eCDMS orientation), being quality, brand, and customer experience the most relevant. Besides, we obtained four new online customer groups (eCDMS Segmentation) that we called: marketing followers, price searchers, convenience shoppers, ethics& reputation keepers.The originality is based on a framework proposal about the discussion of new online consumers after the COVID-19 pandemic as the first insights to conform to an online customer decision-making style (eCDMS) theory.

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Chawner, Brenda. "Super Searchers Cover the World: The Online Secrets of Global Business Researchers20036Mary Ellen Bates. Super Searchers Cover the World: The Online Secrets of Global Business Researchers. Medford, NJ: Information Today 2001. 250 pp. (paperback), ISBN: 0910965544 US$24.95." Online Information Review 27, no. 1 (February 2003): 63–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14684520310471176.

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Ellimoottil, Chandy, Anthony Polcari, Adam Kadlec, and Gopal Nand Gupta. "Readability of websites containing information about prostate cancer treatment options." Journal of Clinical Oncology 30, no. 15_suppl (May 20, 2012): e16544-e16544. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.e16544.

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e16544 Background: 90 million adults have literacy skills that test below a high school reading level. Websites written above this level can pose a challenge for those seeking more information about prostate cancer treatment options. In this study, we determine the readability of selected websites, using a systematic search process and validated readability formulas. Methods: We identified the three most popular keywords (“prostate cancer,” “prostatectomy,” and “prostate cancer treatment”) from 513 terms related to prostate cancer treatment options. Three physician searchers (CE, AP, AK) systematically collected 270 websites from the top three search engines, representing 95 % of all internet searches (Google, Yahoo, and Bing). We excluded sites that were non-English, not primarily text, irrelevant and/or duplicated, and then categorized the remaining sites by source (government, academic practice, nonacademic practice, commercial, nonprofit, news, health website, other) and treatment type. We used validated readability instruments, the Flesch-Kincaid (FK) grade level and Flesch reading ease, to calculate scores for each site. We also calculated an intraclass correlation coefficient, in order to assess inter-rater agreement among our three searchers. Results: Sixty-two unique websites were available for analysis. The mean FK grade level of all sites was 11.4 (SD +/- 0.95, range 8.0-12.0), indicating that on average, passages were written at an eleventh grade reading level. The mean Flesch reading ease score on all sites was 35.6 (SD +/- 15.7, range 0.0-65.5), indicating that on average, passages were slightly easier to read than passages more suited for university graduates (0-30). Only three sites (4.8%) were written below a high school reading level (< 9.0). The intraclass correlation coefficient between the three searchers was 0.96 for grade level and 0.97 for reading ease. Conclusions: Few websites with discussions on prostate cancer treatment options are written below a high school reading level. This is problematic for patients with a low literacy level who search online for more information. Clinicans should be aware of this finding and guide patients to websites written at their patient's reading level.

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Cameron, Hazel. "Super Searchers on Mergers & Acquisitions: The Online Secrets of Top Corporate Researchers and M&A Professionals." Serials Review 28, no. 1 (March 2002): 82–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00987913.2002.10764717.

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Cameron, Hazel. "Super Searchers on Mergers & Acquisitions: The Online Secrets of Top Corporate Researchers and M&A Professionals." Serials Review 28, no. 1 (March 2002): 82–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0098-7913(01)00181-2.

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Yoon, Yeujun, Rongchao Deng, and Jaewoo Joo. "The Effect of Marketing Activities on Web Search Volume: An Empirical Analysis of Chinese Film Industry Data." Applied Sciences 12, no. 4 (February 18, 2022): 2143. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12042143.

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Prior research on consumers’ web searches primarily examined the effect of web searches on product sales or the characteristics of the web searchers. Differing from prior research, we investigate the effect of marketing activities on web search volume. We selected 314 movies released in China whose box office revenues were greater than RMB 10,000. Then, we collected data points on web search volume and marketing activities from the Baidu, Sina Weibo, and Douban platforms from the 3 weeks prior to the release of each movie. Marketing activity data points were derived from three sources: news media, social network marketing, and film stars. Our data analysis of 6594 observations revealed two major findings. First, news media, social network marketing, and the effect of film stars increased the web search volumes of the films. In particular, social network marketing had the strongest impact on the web search volume. Second, the previous-day web search volume increased the present-day web search volume without marketing activities, suggesting a spillover effect. We discuss the academic contributions and managerial implications of our findings in the context of online marketing and new product launches.

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Hooper, Val. "Super Searchers on Competitive Intelligence: The Online and Offline Secrets of Top CI Researchers20047Margaret Metcalf Carr. Super Searchers on Competitive Intelligence: The Online and Offline Secrets of Top CI Researchers. Medford, NJ: Information Today 2003. 331 pp., ISBN: 0910965641 US$24.95 (softback)." Online Information Review 28, no. 1 (February 2004): 84–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14684520410522547.

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Neugebauer, Tomasz, and Elaine Menard. "SINCERITY: the making of a search engine for images indexed with a bilingual taxonomy." OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives 31, no. 3 (August 10, 2015): 112–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/oclc-03-2014-0020.

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Purpose – This paper aims to present the third stage of a research project that aims to develop a bilingual interface for the retrieval of digital images. The requirements and implementation of the search engine are described. Image search engines attempt to give access to a range of online images available on the web. Design/methodology/approach – The strategy of using open-source software components as much as possible was chosen for the advantages of this approach: low initial cost and accessibility to evaluate and develop enhancements independently and driven by research objectives rather than financial viability. Findings – Open-source software components can be used to develop the interface. The implementation of the image search engine and its indexes uses: Apache Solr, AJAX-Solr, jsTree and jQuery. Microsoft Translator web service was integrated into the interface to provide the optional user query translation. Originality/value – The search interface is intended to be an innovative tool for image searchers who are looking for digital images. The search interface gives the image searchers the opportunity to easily access a variety of visual resources and facilitates searching for images in two different languages (English and French).

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Holland, Matt. "Super Searchers on Madison Avenue: Top Advertising and Marketing Professionals Share Their Online Research Strategies20048Grace Avellana Villamora. Super Searchers on Madison Avenue: Top Advertising and Marketing Professionals Share Their Online Research Strategies. Medford, NJ: Information Today 2003. 244 pp., ISBN: 0910965633 US$24.95 (softback)." Online Information Review 28, no. 1 (February 2004): 85–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14684520410522556.

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Hooper, Val. "Super Searchers on Madison Avenue: Top Advertising and Marketing Professionals Share Their Online Research Strategies20031Grace Avellana Villamora. Super Searchers on Madison Avenue: Top Advertising and Marketing Professionals Share Their Online Research Strategies. Medford, NJ: Information Today 2003. 244 pp., ISBN: 0910965633 US$24.95 soft cover." Electronic Library 21, no. 6 (December 2003): 613. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02640470310509180.

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Cullen, Rowena. "Super Searchers on Health and Medicine: The Online Secrets of Top Health and Medical Researchers20017Susan M. Detwiler. Super Searchers on Health and Medicine: The Online Secrets of Top Health and Medical Researchers. Medford, NJ: Information Today 2000. 190 pp., ISBN: ISBN 0910965447 US$24.95 (soft)." Online Information Review 25, no. 2 (April 2001): 131–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/oir.2001.25.2.131.7.

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Pattison, Andrew B., Monta Reinfelde, Hyunsoo Chang, Mayukh Chowdhury, Emma Cohen, Sean Malahy, Katie O’Connor, et al. "Finding the facts in an infodemic: framing effective COVID-19 messages to connect people to authoritative content." BMJ Global Health 7, no. 2 (February 2022): e007582. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007582.

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The public’s need for timely and trusted COVID-19 information remains high. Governments and global health agencies such as the WHO have sought to disseminate accurate and timely information to counteract misinformation and disinformation that has arisen as part of an ‘infodemic’—the overabundance of information on COVID-19—some accurate and some not. In early 2020, WHO began a collaboration with Google to run online public service announcements on COVID-19, in the form of search ads displayed above results of Google Search queries. Web-based text ads can drive online searchers of COVID-19 information to authoritative COVID-19 content but determining what message is most effective is a challenge. WHO wanted to understand which message framing, that is, the way in which ad information is worded for the public, leads searchers to click through to WHO content. WHO tested 71 text ads in English across four COVID-19 topics using a mix of message frames: descriptive, collective, gain, loss, appeals to values and emphasising reasons. Between 11 September 2020 and 23 November 2020, there were 13 million views of the experimental WHO text ads leading to 1.4 million click-throughs to the WHO website. Within the set of 71 ads, there was a large spread between the most effective and least effective messages; for messages on COVID-19, the best performing framings were more than twice as effective as the worst performing framings (18.7% vs 8.5% engagement rate). Health practitioners can apply the messaging tactics WHO found to be successful to rapidly optimise messages for their own public health campaigns and better reach the public with authoritative information. Similar collaboration between big technology companies and governments and global health agencies has the potential to advance public health.

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Kodad, Mohcine, and El Miloud Jaara. "Towards Increasing Feedbacks and Diffusion of Information in Social Networks." International Journal of Recent Contributions from Engineering, Science & IT (iJES) 4, no. 1 (March 29, 2016): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijes.v4i1.5477.

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The purpose of this document is to highlight two strategies which increased feedbacks and stimulated the diffusion of information in social networks. Starting by an online survey, which assists searchers in understanding the behavior of social network users, to define the problem. The information received with this survey has been tested on validation by an analyze on the most popular type of posting on social networks. The results of this study provided two strategies as a solution for the problem of dissatisfaction among users of social networks and to increase feedbacks and diffusion of information on social network. One strategy is manual and is based on the type of publication and the second strategy is automatically and takes the concept of collaborative work in to account

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RUTHVEN, IAN, and MOUNIA LALMAS. "A survey on the use of relevance feedback for information access systems." Knowledge Engineering Review 18, no. 2 (June 2003): 95–145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0269888903000638.

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Users of online search engines often find it difficult to express their need for information in the form of a query. However, if the user can identify examples of the kind of documents they require then they can employ a technique known as relevance feedback. Relevance feedback covers a range of techniques intended to improve a user's query and facilitate retrieval of information relevant to a user's information need. In this paper we survey relevance feedback techniques. We study both automatic techniques, in which the system modifies the user's query, and interactive techniques, in which the user has control over query modification. We also consider specific interfaces to relevance feedback systems and characteristics of searchers that can affect the use and success of relevance feedback systems.

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Aljukhadar, Muhammad, and Sylvain Senecal. "Communicating online information via streaming video: the role of user goal." Online Information Review 41, no. 3 (June 12, 2017): 378–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/oir-06-2016-0152.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper, building on the media richness theory (MRT), is to propose that while communicating product information via streaming video should enhance outcome measures, such an enhancement will be evident mainly for users with equivocal, latent goals (i.e. recreational browsing) rather than for those with less equivocal, concrete goals (i.e. the search of a specific product). Design/methodology/approach The experiment involved 337 potential online consumers in Canada, and had full factorial design with four conditions (two methods to communicate product information: textual vs streaming video, and two goals: product searching vs recreational browsing). Analysis of covariance was used to test the hypotheses. Findings The results lent support to the hypotheses. The perceived information quality, trusting competence, and arousal for participants with recreational browsing goals were significantly affected when product information where communicated using streaming video. For participants with concrete goals (product searchers), the traditional textual method was as effective as the streaming video method. Practical implications The findings entice practitioners to use rich media such as the streaming video method to communicate online information predominantly for users with experiential browsing goals, and to use lean media for users with less equivocal, concrete goals. Originality/value The results contribute to the sparse literature that underscores the key role of user goal in shaping the effectiveness of online information. The results provide empirical support to the prediction of MRT that the use of rich media to communicate information is advantageous for users with latent, equivocal goals.

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Bareiss, Warren, and Lizah Ismail. "American Archive of Public Broadcasting." Charleston Advisor 22, no. 2 (October 1, 2020): 8–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.5260/chara.22.2.8.

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The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) features almost 40,000 hours of audio and video recordings produced among noncommercial broadcasting stations across the United States from the late 1940s to the 2010s. All 40,000 hours of broadcasts are accessible at WGBH in Boston and at the Library of Congress. A large portion of those hours—about 7,000 programs—is directly available via online streaming at no cost via <<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://americanarchive.org/">https://americanarchive.org/</ext-link>>. Data pertaining to the entire collection is also accessible via the website. AAPB offers a wealth of audio and video programs for teaching, scholarship, and entertainment in a user-friendly interface that makes browsing and searching AAPB relatively easy for novice and expert searchers.

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Sen, Barbara. "Super Searchers on Competitive Intelligence: The Online and Offline Secrets of Top CI Researchers20041Margaret Metcalfe Carr, Edited by Reva Basch, Foreword by Jan Herring. Super Searchers on Competitive Intelligence: The Online and Offline Secrets of Top CI Researchers. Medford, New Jersey, USA: CyberAge Books 2003. 331 pp., ISBN: 0910965641 £24.94." New Library World 105, no. 1/2 (January 2004): 87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/03074800410515291.

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Parang, Elizabeth. "Super Searchers Go to the Source: The Interviewing and Hands-on Information Strategies of Top Primary Researchers—Online, on the Phone, and in Person." Serials Review 28, no. 2 (June 2002): 164–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00987913.2002.10764735.

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Cronau, Deborah. "Super Searchers Go to the Source. Twelve Information Experts Share Their Secrets for Integrating Primary Research Techniques with Powerful Online Strategies20027Risa Sacks. Super Searchers Go to the Source. Twelve Information Experts Share Their Secrets for Integrating Primary Research Techniques with Powerful Online Strategies. Medford, NJ: Information Today 2002. 320 pp, ISBN: ISBN 0910965536 US$24.95 soft." Online Information Review 26, no. 6 (December 2002): 429–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/oir.2002.26.6.429.7.

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NOVĂCESCU, Elena. "The Visual Construction of the Romanian Militarized Masculinity on Romanian Army’s Facebook Pages." Journal of Media Research 14, no. 2 (40) (July 15, 2021): 70–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.24193/jmr.40.4.

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Because nowadays’ world is visually saturated, many social re- searchers are using visual methods to understand how images contribute to the shaping and perpetuation of social constructs, norms, and behaviors. Gender is such a construct, and the beliefs and principles that contributed to the social and visual construction of gender have been broadly argued in the last decades. However, in today’s digitalized world, there is a space poorly explored by gender and visual researchers, namely how the army as a media actor contributes to the construction of masculinity through the images it promotes online. Thus, with the purpose to explore this gap, the present paper examines how the Romanian armed forces visually construct the militarized masculinity on their official Facebook pages, highlighting how those images contribute to the consolidation of the existing gendered stereotypes. Through the photos it disseminates, the Romanian Army le- gitimizes the main role of men in defending the country by revealing de- sirable male characteristics and the high degree of connectivity with the military theatre.

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Rovers, John P., John E. Janosik, and Paul F. Souney. "Crossover Comparison of Drug Information Online Database Vendors: Dialog and Medlars." Annals of Pharmacotherapy 27, no. 5 (May 1993): 634–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/106002809302700519.

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OBJECTIVE: To compare Dialog EMBASE with the National Library of Medicine's (NLM's) MEDLARS MEDLINE, TOXLINE, and TOXLIT to evaluate differences among the databases and vendors in a method consistent with routine drug information practice. DESIGN: Crossover comparison. METHODS: NLM MEDLARS databases MEDLINE, TOXLINE, and TOXLIT were searched directly. EMBASE was searched via Dialog Information Services. MEDLINE was searched back to 1980; TOXLINE and TOXLIT were searched back to 1981, reflecting the different database structures. EMBASE was searched back to 1980. To control bias, searches were randomized; identical strategies were used during the same session and were performed by the same trained searcher. RESULTS: Twenty-six drug information requests were compared. The MEDLARS and Dialog databases were generally similar, with no significant differences in the number of potentially relevant references, English references, clinically relevant references, available abstracts, unique citations, time online, and number of questions answered. EMBASE searches were more costly (p=0.0005). TOXLIT was costlier than TOXLINE and MEDLINE (p=0.0018). CONCLUSIONS: NLM MEDLARS databases were comparable to Dialog EMBASE. Although MEDLARS provided more total and English-language citations, the differences were small and did not influence the proportion of questions answered. The greatest difference between the vendors was the significantly lower cost of searching on MEDLARS. Although this difference may be partially offset by the significantly shorter search times on EMBASE, the mean 1.9 minutes saved would not recoup the mean $7.89 difference in cost. MEDLARS databases are less expensive for routine drug information requests.

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