Information for inspiration: Understanding architects' information seeking and use behaviors to inform design

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1745-1770

  Makri, Stephann ^a   Warwick, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DESIGN PROJECTS; ELECTRONIC INFORMATION; INFORMATION BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION SEEKING; INFORMATION TASKS; MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS; POTENTIAL OUTCOMES; URBAN DESIGN;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 77956353201     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21338     Document Type: Article

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