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Carol L. Barry
Researcher at Louisiana State University
Publications - 14
Citations - 806
Carol L. Barry is an academic researcher from Louisiana State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Relevance (information retrieval) & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 10 publications receiving 790 citations.
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User-defined relevance criteria: an exploratory study
TL;DR: The results indicate that the criteria employed by users included tangible characteristics of documents (e.g., the information content of the document, the provision of references to other sources of information), subjective qualities (e.)g.
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Users' criteria for relevance evaluation: a cross-situational comparison
Carol L. Barry,Linda Schamber +1 more
TL;DR: Evidence is provided that a finite range of criteria exists and that these criteria are applied consistently across types of information users, problem situations, and source environments.
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Document representations and clues to document relevance
TL;DR: It is concluded that document representations may differ in their effectiveness as indicators of potential relevance because different types of document representations vary in their ability to present clues for specific traits and/or qualities.
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Establishing a research agenda for studies of online search behaviors
TL;DR: A Delphi study was conducted to solicit expert opinion on two methodological aspects of research on online search behaviors: (1) the variables that are most critical to such studies and (2) methods for measuring these variables.