The Design of Browsing and Berrypicking Techniques for the Online Search Interface
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/bates/berrypicking.html

Bates, Marcia
UCLA
1989

Abstract:

The author argues for a new model of information retrieval called 'berrypicking.' This model attempts to be much more representative of the real behavior of information searchers than the traditional model of information retrieval.