Fields and pathways: Contrasting or complementary views of information seeking

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 569-582

  Johnson, J David E ^a   Case, Donald O ^a   Andrews, James ^b   Allard, Suzanne L ^c   Johnson, Nathaniel E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Fields; Information behavior; Information seeking; Pathways

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; INTERNET;

CONTEXT; FIELDS; INFORMATION BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION SEEKING; PATHWAYS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 25844529321     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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