A diary study of information needs and document usage in the engineering domain

Design Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-73

  Wild, Peter J ^a   McMahon, Chris ^b   Darlington, Mansur ^b   Liu, Shaofeng ^c   Culley, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

design studies; engineering design; information design; research methods

Indexed keywords

DESIGN DECISIONS; DESIGN STUDIES; DIARY STUDY; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENGINEERING DOMAINS; INFORMATION NEED; MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; RESEARCH METHODS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

HEALTH RISKS; RESEARCH;

DESIGN;

EID: 70450222335     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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