Toward a model of the everyday life information needs of Urban Teenagers, part 1 : Theoretical model

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1394-1403

  Agosto, Denise E ^a   Hughes Hassell, Sandra ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD MATURATION; EVERYDAY LIFE INFORMATION SEEKING (ELIS); QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGY; URBAN TEENAGERS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA PROCESSING; DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 33746894557     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20451     Document Type: Article

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