@article{citeulike:3380114, abstract = {This study investigated the influence of task specificity and prior knowledge on university students' search strategies and incidental learning of a hypertext structure. Psychology and geography students were asked to search a hierarchical hypertext from each domain in order to answer four content-related questions. Question specificity (single vs. multiple target questions) was manipulated. Search time and search patterns showed a limited influence of discipline expertise on students' search strategies. However, strategies were consistent within question types and participants. Moreover, participants had a better incidental memory for the structure of the document in their specialty. The results support a model of document search as a generalized process with a limited influence of domain-related knowledge.}, added-at = {2009-04-03T18:46:37.000+0200}, author = {Rouet, J.}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c4427cd4cfb75d05578b36606bd63ae9/acslab}, citeulike-article-id = {3380114}, doi = {10.1016/S0953-5438(02)00064-4}, interhash = {3ba7ab5dea0cc412aceaedb8ed79d77a}, intrahash = {c4427cd4cfb75d05578b36606bd63ae9}, issn = {09535438}, journal = {Interacting with Computers}, keywords = {hypertext, search-strategy, task-specificity}, month = {June}, number = 3, pages = {409--428}, posted-at = {2008-10-06 16:03:14}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2009-04-03T18:46:37.000+0200}, title = {What was I looking for? The influence of task specificity and prior knowledge on students' search strategies in hypertext}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0953-5438(02)00064-4}, volume = 15, year = 2003 }