When does an academic information need stimulate a school-inspired information want?

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 67-80

  Beautyman, Wendy ^a   Shenton, Andrew K ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Information needs; Information wants; Information seeking; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 65949122323     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: 17416477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961000609102821     Document Type: Article

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