Stabilizing homeless young people with information and place

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2300-2312

  Woelfer, Jill Palzkill ^a   Hendry, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARD-SORTING; DESIGN RESEARCH; HUMAN WELFARE; INFORMATION DELIVERY; INFORMATION RESOURCE; PHYSICAL LOCATIONS; TWO-STEP DESIGN;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 70349923351     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21146     Document Type: Article

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