Dimensions of tasks: Influences on informationseeking and retrieving process

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-366

  Xie, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Information retrieval

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349591430     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410910952384     Document Type: Article

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