MadSci Research

The following articles have been written about MadSci Network or used our archives to assist with understanding how people learn science or use online materials to learn.

Baram-Tsabari, A., Sethi, R., Bry, L. and Yarden, A. Using questions sent to an Ask-A-Scientist Site to identify children's interests in science, Science Education, July 20th, 2006.

Pomerantz, J. A Conceptual Framework and Open Research Questions for Chat-based Reference Service. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 56(12), 1288-1302, 2005.

Liu, X., Croft, B., Oh, P. and Hart, D. Automatic recognition of reading levels from user queries, SIGIR 2004.

Bry, L. Simple and sophisticated methods for processing large volumes of question and answer information through the World Wide Web. Lankes, R. D.; Collins, J. W., and Kasowitz, A. S., Eds. Digital reference service in the new millennium. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers; 2000; pp. 111-123.

Bry, L. Developing and implementing an Ask-An-Expert Service on the World Wide Web, in How to Build and Maintain Digital Reference Services, eds. R. David Lankes and Abby S. Kasowitz, ERIC Publications, ISBN: 0-937597-46-5, 1998.

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