Concept Maps to Support Oral History Search and Use
- Ryen W. White ,
- Hyunyoung Song ,
- Jay Liu
Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2006), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, June 2006 |
In this paper we describe a novel technique to support information seeking in oral history archives using concept maps. We conducted a pilot study with teachers engaged in work tasks using a prototype concept mapping tool. Results suggest that concept maps can help searchers, especially when tasks are complex.