On user studies and information needs

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 658-670

  Wilson, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information retrieval; Information science; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750706249     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410610714895     Document Type: Article

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