Information use and information processing: Comparison of conceptualizations

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-207

  Savolainen, Reijo ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Customer satisfaction; Decision making; Information retrieval

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249087535     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410910937570     Document Type: Article

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