An impressionistic mapping of information behavior with special attention to contexts, rationality, and ignorance

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 593-604

  David Johnson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contexts; Human information behavior; Ignorance; Information seeking; Irrationality

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTS; HUMAN INFORMATION BEHAVIOR; IGNORANCE; INFORMATION SEEKING; IRRATIONALITY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 67650101257     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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