Spatial factors as contextual qualifiers of information seeking

Information Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Savolainen, Reijo ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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EID: 33749363034     PISSN: 13681613     EISSN: 13681613     Source Type: Journal    
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