Unifying the Shift and Narrow strategies in Focus+Context exploratory search

Krystian Samp; Cédric Beuzit; Jodi Schneider

doi:10.1145/2666216.2666228

Unifying the Shift and Narrow strategies in Focus+Context exploratory search

Krystian Samp, Cédric Beuzit, Jodi Schneider

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Abstract

In this paper we discuss two existing exploration strategies - Shift and Narrow - employed by Focus+Context techniques, and how they are supported in the user interface of Saffron, a web-based system enabling exploration of academic topics, authors, and publications. The Shift strategy enables the user to shift focus between different resources while the Narrow strategy enables the user to narrow the focus. Current systems typically support only one of these approaches or include them as separate interaction modes. Saffron supports both strategies in a unified user interface. An initial user study indicates that participants use and appreciate both strategies being supported simultaneously.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	SIGDOC 2014 - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference on the Design of Communication
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450331661
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2666216.2666228
State	Published - Sep 27 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	32nd Annual International Conference on the Design of Communication, SIGDOC 2014 - Colorado Springs, United States Duration: Sep 27 2014 → Sep 28 2014

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Name	SIGDOC 2014 - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference on the Design of Communication

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Other	32nd Annual International Conference on the Design of Communication, SIGDOC 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Colorado Springs
Period	9/27/14 → 9/28/14

Keywords

Academic search
Browsing
Exploratory search
Focus + context
Saffron
Shift and narrow

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Hardware and Architecture
Information Systems
Software

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Samp, K., Beuzit, C., & Schneider, J. (2014). Unifying the Shift and Narrow strategies in Focus+Context exploratory search. In SIGDOC 2014 - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference on the Design of Communication Article 2666228 (SIGDOC 2014 - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference on the Design of Communication). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2666216.2666228

Unifying the Shift and Narrow strategies in Focus+Context exploratory search. / Samp, Krystian; Beuzit, Cédric; Schneider, Jodi.
SIGDOC 2014 - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference on the Design of Communication. Association for Computing Machinery, 2014. 2666228 (SIGDOC 2014 - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference on the Design of Communication).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Samp, K, Beuzit, C & Schneider, J 2014, Unifying the Shift and Narrow strategies in Focus+Context exploratory search. in SIGDOC 2014 - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference on the Design of Communication., 2666228, SIGDOC 2014 - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference on the Design of Communication, Association for Computing Machinery, 32nd Annual International Conference on the Design of Communication, SIGDOC 2014, Colorado Springs, United States, 9/27/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2666216.2666228

Samp K, Beuzit C, Schneider J. Unifying the Shift and Narrow strategies in Focus+Context exploratory search. In SIGDOC 2014 - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference on the Design of Communication. Association for Computing Machinery. 2014. 2666228. (SIGDOC 2014 - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference on the Design of Communication). doi: 10.1145/2666216.2666228

Samp, Krystian ; Beuzit, Cédric ; Schneider, Jodi. / Unifying the Shift and Narrow strategies in Focus+Context exploratory search. SIGDOC 2014 - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference on the Design of Communication. Association for Computing Machinery, 2014. (SIGDOC 2014 - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference on the Design of Communication).

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