Community problem-solving framed as a distributed information use environment: Bridging research and practice

Information Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Durrance, Joan C ^a   Souden, Maria ^a   Walker, Dana ^a   Fisher, Karen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 33749358047     PISSN: 13681613     EISSN: 13681613     Source Type: Journal    
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