The document summarizes research on interactive information retrieval, including models of information seeking behavior, evaluation of IR systems with users, and the effect of search engine brand awareness on evaluation of search results. It discusses models like Berrypicking, sense-making theory, Ellis's information seeking process, and Kuhlthau's search process model. It also covers standard IR evaluation methods and usability testing techniques. Finally, it summarizes a study that showed people's quality assessments of the same search results can differ depending on the search engine brand.