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This paper presents a user study that evaluated the effectiveness of an aggregated search interface in the context of non-navigational search tasks. An experimental system was developed to present search results aggregated from multiple information sources, and compared to a conventional tabbed interface. Sixteen participants were recruited to evaluate the performance of the two interfaces. Our results suggest that the aggregated search interface is a promising way of supporting non-navigational search tasks. The quantity and diversity of the retrieved items which participants accessed to complete a task, increased in the aggregated interface. Participants also found the aggregated presentation easier to access to retrieved items and to find relevant information, compared to the conventional interface.
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Sushmita, S., Joho, H., Lalmas, M. (2009). A Task-Based Evaluation of an Aggregated Search Interface. In: Karlgren, J., Tarhio, J., Hyyrö, H. (eds) String Processing and Information Retrieval. SPIRE 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5721. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03784-9_32
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