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User Interfaces for Information Access
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UIs for Information Access
User Interface Goals
To impart information (about the collection and retrieval results)
Retrieval Result Display: Current Approaches
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Main Topics and Subtopics
Variations on Topic and Subtopic Distribution
A Scenario
TextTiling
Display of Retrieval Results
TileBars
Example
Exploiting Visual Properties
Key Aspect: Query formation
Main Topic Context
TileBars Summary
Other Approaches
InfoCrystal (Spoerri 94)
Support the Process
Informal Interface
SketchTrieve: An Informal Interface (Hendry & Harper 96, 97)
Connecting Results with Next Query
Improving User Interfaces
Email: hearst@sims.berkeley.edu
Home Page: http://sims.berkeley.edu/~hearst
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