Evaluation of Web Search Engines by Undergraduate Students

Author

Louise T. Su
Hsin-Liang Chen, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

Examines how undergraduate students used four search engines--Alta Vista, Excite, Infoseek, and Lycos--to retrieve information for their studies or personal interests and how they evaluated the interaction and search results retrieved by the four engines. Measures were based on five evaluation criteria: relevance, efficiency, utility, user satisfaction, and connectivity. (AEF)

Recommended Citation

Su, L. T., & Chen, H. (1999). Evaluation of Web Search Engines by Undergraduate Students. Proceedings of the62nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science (1999, Washington, DC) American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).

Meeting Name

62nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science (1999: Oct. 31-Nov. 4, Washington, DC)

Department(s)

Library and Learning Resources

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English