New tools and old habits : the interactive searching behavior of expert online searchers using INQUERY

We present data that describe the interactive searching behavior of ten searchers using the INQUERY retrieval engine in the context of the TREC-3 routing task. We discuss how these searchers with a strong background in the use of traditional online retrieval mechanisms adapted, after very limited training, to the use of a best-match, ranked-output, full-text retrieval mechanism.