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| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 36-40 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2012 |
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Interactive visualization for multilingual search. / Ruecker, Stan; Shiri, Ali; Fiorentino, Carlos.
In: Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, Vol. 38, No. 4, 04.2012, p. 36-40.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Interactive visualization for multilingual search
AU - Ruecker, Stan
AU - Shiri, Ali
AU - Fiorentino, Carlos
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - Multilingual thesauri provide the context for exploring experimental user interfaces that support interactive visualization. The authors created two search interfaces that draw on the semantic richness of bilingual thesauri and provide for search, browse and results display. The Searchling interface offers search, browsable navigation and the full termrecord data for a selected term, as well as a simple switch between language views. It provides active user assistance by displaying options to broaden or narrow search. User evaluation showed Searchling to be easy to use, appealing broadly but especially to linear thinkers. The T-Saurus interface is more visual, with term search results represented by the size, number, proximity and opacity of buckets. Terms can be displayed in multiple languages simultaneously, and multiple terms can be chosen to form a query to retrieve documents. Visual thinkers appreciated its dynamic and interactive visualization interface. Studies demonstrate the support both interfaces provide for fully using rich, multilingual thesauri as well as differences for users with different cognitive styles [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
AB - Multilingual thesauri provide the context for exploring experimental user interfaces that support interactive visualization. The authors created two search interfaces that draw on the semantic richness of bilingual thesauri and provide for search, browse and results display. The Searchling interface offers search, browsable navigation and the full termrecord data for a selected term, as well as a simple switch between language views. It provides active user assistance by displaying options to broaden or narrow search. User evaluation showed Searchling to be easy to use, appealing broadly but especially to linear thinkers. The T-Saurus interface is more visual, with term search results represented by the size, number, proximity and opacity of buckets. Terms can be displayed in multiple languages simultaneously, and multiple terms can be chosen to form a query to retrieve documents. Visual thinkers appreciated its dynamic and interactive visualization interface. Studies demonstrate the support both interfaces provide for fully using rich, multilingual thesauri as well as differences for users with different cognitive styles [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
U2 - 10.1002/bult.2012.1720380410
DO - 10.1002/bult.2012.1720380410
M3 - Article
VL - 38
SP - 36
EP - 40
JO - Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science / ASIS
JF - Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science / ASIS
SN - 0095-4403
IS - 4
ER -