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Student vs. Search Engine: Undergraduates Rank Results for Relevance
- portal: Libraries and the Academy
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 3, Number 3, July 2003
- pp. 503-515
- 10.1353/pla.2003.0065
- Article
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Abstract
This study investigated six popular search engines to determine their effectiveness in returning results relevant to college students' information needs. Though the search engines generally performed poorly, a lack of computer skills and an inability to construct appropriate search statements limited students' success. Keywords: search engines, World Wide Web, relevance, college students, information literacy, computer literacy.
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