“Berry-Picking” as an Information Seeking Strategy (Bates 90)

• Standard IR model

  • The information need remains the same throughout the search session.
  • Goal is to produce a perfect set of relevant docs.

• Berry-picking model

  • The query is continually shifting.
  • Users may move through a variety of sources.
  • New information may yield new ideas and new directions.
  • The value of search is on the bits and pieces picked up along the way.

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