What is known about the impact of impairments on information seeking and searching?

G Berget, A MacFarlane - Journal of the Association for …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Information seeking and access are essential for users in all walks of life, from addressing
personal needs such as finding flights to locating information needed to complete work …

Eye tracking in library and information science: a literature review

H Lund - Library Hi Tech, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a systematic literature review of the
application of eye-tracking technology within the field of library and information science. Eye …

Search interface design and evaluation

C Liu, YH Liu, J Liu, R Bierig - Foundations and Trends® in …, 2021 - nowpublishers.com
This monograph reviews research on the design and evaluation of search user interfaces
that has been published within the past 10 years. Our primary goal is to integrate state-of-the …

Perspectives of neurodiverse participants in interactive information retrieval

L Sitbon, G Berget, M Brereton - Foundations and Trends® in …, 2023 - nowpublishers.com
This monograph offers a survey of work to date to inform how interactions in information
retrieval systems could afford inclusion of users who are neurodiverse. This existing work is …

Understanding the needs of searchers with dyslexia

MR Morris, A Fourney, A Ali, L Vonessen - Proceedings of the 2018 CHI …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
As many as 20% of English speakers have dyslexia, a language disability that impacts
reading and spelling. Web search is an important modern literacy skill, yet the accessibility …

Investigating multiple source use among students with and without dyslexia

A Andresen, Ø Anmarkrud, I Bråten - Reading and Writing, 2019 - Springer
Learning from different representations, such as text and pictures, is supposed to be more
effective than learning from text alone. However, there is very limited research on potential …

Influence of assistive technology applications on dyslexic students: The case of Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic

AA Al-Dokhny, AM Bukhamseen, AM Drwish - Education and Information …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract In Saudi Arabia, the COVID-19 pandemic forced students with dyslexia to complete
their learning through online applications, like their peers without dyslexia. This study …

Modelling the information seeking and searching behaviour of users with impairments: are existing models applicable?

G Berget, A MacFarlane, N Pharo - Journal of Documentation, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose A substantial number of models have been developed over the years, with the
purpose of describing the information seeking and searching of people in various user …

Assessing the readability of web search results for searchers with dyslexia

A Fourney, M Ringel Morris, A Ali… - The 41st International …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Standards organizations,(eg, the World Wide Web Consortium), are placing increased
importance on the cognitive accessibility of online systems, including web search. Previous …

Towards universal accessibility on the web: do grammar checking tools improve text readability?

HM Kaushik, E Eika, FE Sandnes - International Conference on Human …, 2020 - Springer
Readable text is a key ingredient in a universally accessible web. WCAG2. 1 recommends
that text should be readable by someone with basic schooling, a criterion that is hard to …