Researchers' E-journal use and information seeking behaviour

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 494-516

  Nicholas, David ^a   Williams, Peter ^a   Rowlands, Ian ^a   Jamali, Hamid R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

E journals; Information seeking behaviour; Researchers; UK

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC JOURNAL; E-JOURNALS; GATEWAY SERVICES; INFORMATION NETWORKS; INFORMATION SEEKING; LOG ANALYSIS; LOG DATA; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; RESEARCHERS; SECOND PHASE; UK;

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS); INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION USE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 77955833070     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551510371883     Document Type: Article

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