Sense-making and synchronicity: Information-seeking behaviors of millennials and baby boomers

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Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-135

  Connaway, Lynn Silipigni ^a   Radford, Marie L ^b,c   Dickey, Timothy J ^a   De Angelis Williams, Jocelyn ^b,c   Confer, Patrick ^a  

^a OCLC   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 47549116735     PISSN: 00242667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/libr.2008.014     Document Type: Article

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