The How-To has recently emerged as a genre of online content that describes how something is done. This study focuses on computer and electronics hobbyists and their use of How-Tos...
Cristen Torrey, David W. McDonald, Bill N. Schilit...
Web-based communities have become important places for people to seek and share expertise. We find that networks in these communities typically differ in their topology from other...
Coping with a new health issue often requires individuals to acquire knowledge and skills to manage personal health. Many patients turn to one another for experiential expertise o...
Andrea Civan, David W. McDonald, Kenton T. Unruh, ...
Expertise Oriented Search aims at providing comprehensive analysis and mining for people from distributed sources. In this paper, we give an overview of the expertise oriented sear...
Jie Tang, Jing Zhang, Duo Zhang, Limin Yao, Chunli...
Managing personal aspects of health is challenging for many patients, particularly those facing a serious condition such as cancer. Finding experienced patients, who can share the...
Andrea Civan-Hartzler, David W. McDonald, Chris Po...