University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Information seeking with Wikipedia on the iPod touch

Hahn, James F.

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RSR Vol 38 No 2 Hahn Revised FINAL_jhsbw_FEB17.doc

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/18691

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Title
Information seeking with Wikipedia on the iPod touch
Author(s)
Hahn, James F.
Issue Date
2010
Keyword(s)
  • iPod touch
  • iPod
  • wikipedia
Date of Ingest
2011-02-17T02:33:48Z
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a usability study which inquired into undergraduate student information seeking with Wikipedia on the iPod touch. Students characterize the overall nature of information searched for with the Wikipedia app to be for recreational and for short factual information. Recreational searching as a way in which undergraduate students utilize mobile technology is an earlier finding of Wikipedia iPod usage, and is verified as a trend of undergraduate student search using the iPod. All undergraduate student participants of the Wikipedia app on a mobile interface report this tool as helping to become more efficient in their research. Students viewed Wikipedia articles about people and concepts more so than other article types.
Publisher
Emerald
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Article
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/18691
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1108/00907321011045043
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The author wishes to acknowledge the Research and Publication Committee of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, which provided support for the completion of this research.

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