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ArticleJournal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology : JASIST2013

Studying PubMed usages in the field for complex problem solving: Implications for tool design.

Barbara Mirel, Jean Song, Jennifer Steiner Tonks, Fan Meng, Weijian Xuan, Rafiqa Ameziane

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Article in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology : JASIST, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Barbara MirelSchool of Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 734-332-8969.
Jean SongHealth Sciences Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 734-936-1401.
Jennifer Steiner TonksSchool of Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 734-615-1528.
Fan MengPsychiatry Department, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 734-615-7099.
Weijian XuanPsychiatry Department, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 734-615-7009.
Rafiqa AmezianeMolecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Department, University of Michigan 48109 734-764-7427.

Funding

Nation Center- Integrative Biomedical Informatics(RMI)U54DA021519 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ATHEY, BRIAN DAVID · 2005 to 2010
$21.3M
Interactive Medline Search Engine Integrating External InformationR01LM009812 · NLM · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MENG, FAN · 2010 to 2013
$1.5M
NIDA NIH HHS U54 DA021519NLM NIH HHS R01 LM009812
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many recent studies on MEDLINE-based information seeking have shed light on scientists' behaviors and associated tool innovations that may improve efficiency and effectiveness. Few if any studies, however, examine scientists' problem-solving uses of PubMed in actual contexts of work and corresponding needs for better tool support. Addressing this gap, we conducted a field study of novice scientists (14 upper level undergraduate majors in molecular biology) as they engaged in a problem solving activity with PubMed in a laboratory setting. Findings reveal many common stages and patterns of information seeking across users as well as variations, especially variations in cognitive search styles. Based on findings, we suggest tool improvements that both confirm and qualify many results found in other recent studies. Our findings highlight the need to use results from context-rich studies to inform decisions in tool design about

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PMCPMC3873776

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