London Broil

Eye

Rump

...

steak

flank

skirt

...

processed

hot dogs

INDEX LIST OPTIONS

       	  Levels	Items
meat	    9	         455

Use + or ... or "number"

Allow objects in multiple locations

meat.beef.red_meat.steaks.skirt

List Processing

Adding and removing

index terms

indexed objects
Dividing lists
Merging lists
Sorting
Comparing lists
Inverting (all occurrences)
Expanding, Contracting levels
Marking
Saving State

Screen Areas

Workspace
Control Area
Status Area:
System Message Area

SAMPLE Zipf List I

Word	Rank	Frequency	Rank x Frequency
the	1	68,315	68,315
of	2	35,716	71,432
and	3	27,856	83,568
to	4	26,760	107,040
a	5	22,744	113,720
in	6	21,108	126,648
that	7	11,188	78,316
is	8	10,978	87,824
was	9	10,499	94,491
it	10	10,010	100,100

Sample Zipf List II

sir	195	452	88,140
it's	196	452	88,592
why	197	451	88,847
asked	198	448	88,704
give	199	446	88,754
once	200	443	88,600
usually	400	239	95,600
tax	500	167	83,500
ideas	800	128	102,400
proved	1,170	88	102,960
sections	2,146	49	105,154
flames	5,070	17	86,190
cultures	7,020	11	77,220

SEARCH APPROACHES

Scanning: Broad, top level, term lists
Browsing: Up down, laterally, following interest, iterative, backup and start over
Target Searching: Specific target objective,
need structure of data, categorization rules and understanding
Exploring: Objective is learning the nature
of the database and contents.
Wandering: Creative stimulus, random patterns

Search Procedures I

1 Perceiving a need to find information.
2 Formulating the request for information.
3 Selection of the source for the information.
4 Specifying the search strategy.
4.1 Browse the index, provide numbers
4.2 Expand and contract levels
4.3 Mark multiple choices (or)
4.4 Provide for: or (novice), and, not conditions

Search Procedures II

5 Carrying out the search (mechanics).
5.1 Show number of hits dynamically
5.2 Browse the hit list
5.3 Mark, Nest, Backup, Merge, Restart
6 Evaluating the results
6.1 Update index or list. Determine relevance
6.2 Saving, printing, viewing, categorization
6.3 Merging, reordering, clean up, store strategy