The pleasure principle: the power of positive affect in information seeking

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-261

  Fulton, Crystal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adults; Affective psychology; Genealogy; Information retrieval; Leisure activities; Lifelong learning

Indexed keywords

ADULTS; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOLOGY; GENEALOGY; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFELONG LEARNING;

EDUCATION; HISTORY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 67650809066     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530910959808     Document Type: Article

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