Known-item search is a specialization of information exploration which represents the activities carried out by searchers who have a particular item in mind.
[1] In the context of library catalogs, known‐item search means a search for an item for which the author or title is known.
[2] Although the concept of known-item search originated in library science, it is now applied in the context of web search and other online search activities.
[3] Known-item search is distinguished from exploratory search, in which a searcher is unfamiliar with the domain of their search goal, unsure about the ways to achieve their goal, and/or unsure about what their goal is.
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