Download or read book Web Search written by Amanda Spink and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Web search engines are not just indispensable tools for finding and accessing information online, but have become a defining component of the human condition and can be conceptualized as a complex behavior embedded within an individual's everyday social, cultural, political, and information-seeking activities. This book investigates Web search from the non-technical perspective, bringing together chapters that represent a range of multidisciplinary theories, models, and ideas.