Interdisciplinarity and the information-seeking behavior of scientists

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-243

  Jamali, Hamid R ^a   Nicholas, David ^b  

^a KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Information seeking behavior; Interdisciplinarity; Physics; Scatter of literature

Indexed keywords

CROSS-DISCIPLINARY; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIORS; INTERDISCIPLINARITY; SEARCH FACILITIES; SUBFIELDS; UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON;

STUDENTS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 76049087087     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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