Describing and predicting information-seeking behavior on the Web

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 679-693

  Kim, Jeonghyun ^a  

^a EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNDAMENTAL FACTORS; GRADUATE STUDENTS; INFORMATION-SEEKING; INFORMATION-SEEKING BEHAVIORS; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEARCH LOGS; TASK-BASED; WEB INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 63849253189     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21035     Document Type: Article

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