The purpose of this study was to investigate the design and use of graphical retrieval tools of Chinese multimedia database. In addition, the study also sought to identify and integrate guidelines tht software designer could use to design graphical retrieval tools for Chinese multimedia database environments. Major questions investigated in this study were: 1. Which graphical retrieval tools were provided in Chinese multimedia database? 2. How graphical retrieval tools were used in Chinese multimedia database by the users? 3. Which basic graphical retrieval tools should be provided in Chinese multimedia database? and 4. How graphical retrieval tools were designed in Chinese multimedia database by the designers?First, information relevant to information space, graphical user interface, graphical retrieval tool, and information explorative performance were integrated from an analysis of the literature. Then, according to Chinese multimedia database standard three software were selected and analyzed. Designers and users
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