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Information access tools are no better than the queries that drive them. Yet, the user is typically not provided any automated assistance to help formulate better queries. Two access methods that attempt to address this issue are discussed. The first, Snippet Search, permits search over the set of possible queries while the second, Scatter/Gather, enables query-free browsing over large document collections.
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Pedersen, J. (1993). Computational Aids for Query Improvement. In: Frei, H.P., Schäuble, P. (eds) Hypermedia. Informatik aktuell. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78086-8_2
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