Using strand maps to engage digital library users with science content Kirsten R. Butcher and Sonal Bhushan   View Paper (PDF)   Return to Poster Session Abstract Our research examined whether using strand maps as an interface for digital library search tasks would change learners' cognitive processes when seeking educational resources. Results demonstrated that strand maps can help learners engage with science content and that semantic-spatial interfaces can support meaningful search processes. BIBTEX  1   Vakkari, P. A theory of the task-based information retrieval process: A summary and generalisation of a longitudinal study. Journal of Documentation 57, 2001, 44--60. 2   Gary Marchionini, Information seeking in electronic environments, Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 1995}, ©2006 Association for Computing Machinery