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Today, information search and retrieval tools are ubiquitous and powerful. However, there is comparably little investment in helping users with analysis of materials found via search. This paper introduces a software tool designed to help individuals and teams improve their ability to examine and to use the results of search. The existing tool focuses on literature review and analysis and emphasizes support for users who are building an initial mental model of a domain new to them. The paper describe rationales and goals for helping users perform literature searches, current implementation and features, preliminary user feedback, and future work.
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The authors thank teammates and collaborators for contributions to concepts and implementations reported here including Dr. Jennifer Fowlkes, J.T. Folsom-Kovarik, Kelly Neville, Caitlin Tenison, Austin Brehob, Dana Foley, and Ryan Yao. Opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of the Department of Defense or the sponsor of this effort, the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD). This work funded under contract N68335-19-C-0004.
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Wray, R.E., Whitaker, E.T., Riddle, D., Cowell, T., Siggins, T., Trewhitt, E.B. (2021). Supporting Users in Review and Analysis of Academic Literature. In: Nazir, S., Ahram, T.Z., Karwowski, W. (eds) Advances in Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 269. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80000-0_43
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