Alternative Strategies

• Consider the information seeker’s context

  • Cognitive accessibility (it does not matter how good the results are if the information cannot be easily understood)
  • Cost-benefit assessment (it does not matter how good results are if there is no time to use it)

• Study special populations (cell biologist vs. practicing physician)

• Usability testing approach (iterative, impressionistic)

• Systematic case studies

• Epidemiology approach (start with outcomes and trace influences)

• Develop an IR interaction model

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