The relationship between undergraduates' epistemological beliefs, reflective judgment, and their information-seeking behavior

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-111

  Whitmire, Ethelene ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemological beliefs; Information seeking behavior; Reflective judgment; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; PORTALS; STUDENTS;

DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS; EPISTEMOLOGICAL BELIEFS; INFORMATION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; REFLECTIVE JUDGEMENT;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0344496054     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4573(02)00099-7     Document Type: Article

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