Abstract
This is supplementary to the author's previous paper entitled “On the structure and function of search request form for medical literature search services”, with special reference to user-system interaction. In online information retrieval, the quality of the librarian's interview with the user and his technique and ability to analyse the request statement could be considerably important factors which determine the results of searching. In addition to the function as a record of the user's request, a well-designed request form has other positive functions to support user-system interaction; 1) It can help a user to state his request clearly and completely, 2) A librarian who fully understands what functions of each item in the request form has in various stages of searching may perform effective interviews. The quality of the subject statement expressed both in sentence and by keywords is also described to discuss the ambiguity of the subject statement. It is recommended that the user express his request clearly in the request form before coming to the library.
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