| Creators: |
Bink, Markus and Risius, Marten and Kruschwitz, Udo and Elsweiler, David |
| Title: |
Seek and You Shall Find: Design & Evaluation of a Context-Aware
Interactive Search Companion |
| Item Type: |
Conference or Workshop Item |
| Event Title: |
(Proceedings of the) 2026 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR) |
| Event Location: |
Seattle, WA, USA |
| Event Dates: |
March, 22-26, 2026 |
| Projects: |
IDI |
| Page Range: |
pp. 361-365 |
| Paper No. / Type of Paper: |
/ Demo Paper |
| Additional Information: |
Open Access |
| Date: |
2026 |
| Divisions: |
Informationsmanagement |
| Abstract (ENG): |
Many users struggle with effective online search and critical evaluation, especially in high-stakes domains like health, while often overestimating their digital literacy. Thus, in this demo, we present an interactive search companion that seamlessly integrates expert search strategies into existing search engine result pages. Providing context-aware tips on clarifying information needs, improving query formulation, encouraging result exploration, and mitigating biases, our companion aims to foster reflective search behaviour while minimising cognitive burden. A user study demonstrates the companion’s successful encouragement of more active and exploratory search, leading users to submit 75% more queries and view roughly twice as many results, as well as performance gains in difficult tasks. This demo illustrates how lightweight, contextual guidance can enhance search literacy and empower users through micro-learning opportunities. While the vision involves real-time LLM adaptivity, this study utilises a controlled implementation to test the underlying intervention strategies. |
| Forthcoming: |
No |
| Language: |
English |
| Link eMedia: |
Download |
| Citation: |
Bink, Markus and Risius, Marten and Kruschwitz, Udo and Elsweiler, David
(2026)
Seek and You Shall Find: Design & Evaluation of a Context-Aware
Interactive Search Companion.
In: (Proceedings of the) 2026 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR), March, 22-26, 2026, Seattle, WA, USA, pp. 361-365, Paper / Demo Paper.
ISBN 9798400724145
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