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Finding information on the World Wide Web — exploring older adults' exploration
Author(s)	Jean E Kubeck, Sally A Miller-Albrecht, Martin D Murphy
Journal title	Educational Gerontology, vol 25, no 2, March 1999
Pages	pp 167-184
Keywords	Information services ; Information technology ; Age groups [elderly] ; Young adults [20-25] ; Comparison ; United States of America.
Annotation	The aim was to investigate how older and younger adults find information using the World Wide Web (Web) in a naturalistic setting. After brief training in using a Web browser, 29 older (mean age 70.6 years) and 80 younger (mean age 21.8 years) adults conducted Web searches to answer two questions. Age was related to search performance on difficult problems: older people were somewhat less efficient on the first search and were somewhat less likely to find the answer on the second. Age difference in computer attitudes were small: the effects of the training and search experience on attitudes were positive, large, and similar for young and old. With brief but well-designed training, novice older people were successful in their Web searches and they had very positive reactions to the Web experience. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-990518226 A
Classmark	UV: UVB: BB: SD6: 48: 7T
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