Information seeking is a fundamental human activity. In the modern world, it is frequently
conducted through interactions with search systems. The retrieval and comprehension of …

The paper surveys empirical studies on the relations between information searching and
learning, and presents some reflections about learning in a search process based on the …

The Internet is the largest source of information in the world. Search engines help people
navigate the huge space of available data in order to acquire new skills and knowledge. In …

People often search for information in order to learn something new. In recent years, the
“search-as-learning” movement has argued that search systems should be better designed …

Active reading strategies---such as content annotations (through the use of highlighting and
note-taking, for example)---have been shown to yield improvements to a learner's …

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 …

The area of search as learning is concerned with the optimization of search systems (that is,
retrieval functions, user interface elements, etc.) for human learning---this is in contrast to the …

We present a crowdsourced study (N= 120) that investigated the role of goal-setting on
learning during search. To study the role of goal-setting, we developed a tool called the …

The purpose of this paper is to explore the differences in learning outcomes between
domain experts and non-experts interacting with a digital library. This paper provides a …

Search systems are often used to support learning-oriented goals. This trend has given rise
to the “search-as-learning” movement, which proposes that search systems should be …