Research into young people's information-seeking: Perspectives and methods

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 243-254

  Shenton, Andrew K ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information research; Research methods; Youth

Indexed keywords

CD-ROM; DATA ACQUISITION; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PORTALS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING;

DATA COLLECTION METHODS; INFORMATION RESEARCH; RESEARCH METHODS; SAMPLING VARIABLES;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 4143070062     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530410549277     Document Type: Review

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