Role of the Internet in information seeking. Putting the networked services in context

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 765-782

  Savolainen, Reijo ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DATA STRUCTURES; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION THEORY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

JOB-RELATED INFORMATION SEEKING; NONWORK INFORMATION SEEKING;

ONLINE SEARCHING;

EID: 0033225742     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4573(99)00025-4     Document Type: Article

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