Search User Interfaces - Hardcover

Hearst, Marti A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521113792 ISBN 13: 9780521113793

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This book focuses on the human users of search engines and the tool they use to interact with them: the search user interface. The truly worldwide reach of the Web has brought with it a new realization among computer scientists and laypeople of the enormous importance of usability and user interface design. In the last ten years, much has become understood about what works in search interfaces from a usability perspective, and what does not. Researchers and practitioners have developed a wide range of innovative interface ideas, but only the most broadly acceptable make their way into major web search engines. This book summarizes these developments, presenting the state of the art of search interface design, both in academic research and in deployment in commercial systems. Many books describe the algorithms behind search engines and information retrieval systems, but the unique focus of this book is specifically on the user interface. It will be welcomed by industry professionals who design systems that use search interfaces as well as graduate students and academic researchers who investigate information systems.

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Book Description

There are a wide range of interface ideas, but few make their way into major web search engines. This book summarizes the state of the art of search interface design, both in academic research and in commercial systems. Industry professionals designing search engine systems as well as graduate students and academic researchers will welcome this unique book.

About the Author

Marti A. Hearst is a Professor in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. She received B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley and was a Member of the Research Staff at Xerox PARC from 1994 to 1997. A primary focus of Hearst's research is user interfaces for search. She has invented or participated in several well-known search interface projects including Scatter/Gather clustering of search results, TileBars query term visualization, BioText search over the bioscience literature, and the Flamenco project that investigated and promoted the use of faceted metadata for collection navigation. She has published extensively on this and other topics. Hearst has advised more than fifty masters-level interface design projects, from problem formation and needs assessment through three rounds of evaluation. She has also taught Information Organization and Retrieval and a course called Search Engines: Technology, Society, and Business, which includes a set of popular video lectures.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521113792
• ISBN 13: 9780521113793
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 404