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Scientific inquiry: A model for online searching

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  • Stephen P. Harter

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Scientific inquiry is proposed as a philosophical and behavioral model for online information retrieval. The nature of scientific research is described and online analogs to the research concepts of variable, hypothesis formulation and testing, operational definition, validity, reliability, assumption, and the cyclical nature of research are established. A case is made for the inevitability of end‐user searching. It is argued that the model is of interest not only for its own sake, for the intellectual parallels that can be established between two apparently disparate human activities, but as a useful framework for discussion and analysis of the online search process from an educational and evaluative viewpoint.

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  • Stephen P. Harter, 1984. "Scientific inquiry: A model for online searching," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 35(2), pages 110-117, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:35:y:1984:i:2:p:110-117
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.4630350207
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