Decision making framework for thinking about information seeking behavior

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 44, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lopatovska, Irene ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 47349129689     PISSN: 15508390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.1450440252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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