The connection between purposive information seeking and information encountering: A study of Icelanders' health and lifestyle information seeking

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 224-244

  Pálsdóttir, Ágústa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Iceland; Individual behaviour; Information retrieval; Information searches; Lifestyles; Personal health

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649323887     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411011023634     Document Type: Article

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