A double helix metaphor for use and usefulness in informing systems

Informing Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2007, Pages 273-294

  Bednar, Peter ^a,b   Welch, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

HermeneuticsDouble helix; Informing systems; Phenomenology; Use; Usefulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349016845     PISSN: 15214672     EISSN: 15214672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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