Offer Informative Feedback
–Show
relationship between query and documents retrieved
–Show
relationships among retrieved documents
–Show
relationships between retrieved documents and metadata
Reduce Working Memory Load
–Browsable
Information for
–Search
starting points (sources or topic lists)
–Suggestions
of related terms or metadata
–Visual
Search History: return to previous search strategies
Provide Interfaces for Novices & Experts
–Good
user interface design provides intuitive bridges between the
simple and the advanced interfaces.