Discovered by chance: The role of incidental information acquisition in an ecological model of information use

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-40

  Williamson, Kirsty ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0002749066     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-8188(98)90004-4     Document Type: Article

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