The sense-making theory: Reviewing the interests of a user-centered approach to information seeking and use

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 13-28

  Savolainen, Reijo ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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EID: 0002327839     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4573(93)90020-E     Document Type: Article

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