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Browsing by Author "Wake, William C."

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  • Seeing Things Your Way: Information Visualization for a User-Centered Database of Computer Science Literature
    Nowell, Lucy Terry; Fox, Edward A.; Heath, Lenwood S.; Hix, Deborah; Wake, William C.; Labow, Eric D. (Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1994)
    Project Envision is a user-centered multimedia database of computer science literature. Envision features powerful information visualization by displaying search results as a matrix of icons, with layout semantics under user control. Its Graphic View interacts with Item Summary and Preview Item windows to give users access to bibliographic information and abstracts. The concepts underlying these windows are being extended to a Graphical Browser for the full database and for hierarchical structures. This paper describes the development process and information visualization facilities in Envision search results and browsing displays.
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    What if There Were Desktop Access to the Computer Science Literature?
    Brueni, Dennis J.; Fox, Edward A.; Heath, Lenwood S.; Hix, Deborah; Nowell, Lucy Terry; Wake, William C. (Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1992)
    What if there was an electronic computer science library? Consider the possibilities of having your favorite publications available within finger's reach. Consider project Envision, an ongoing effort to build a user-centered database from the computer science literature. This paper describes our first year progress, stressing the motivation underlying project Envision, user-centered development, and overall design.