Modelling the information-seeking behaviour of children and young people: Inspiration from beyond LIS

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-75

  Shenton, Andrew K ^a   Hay Gibson, Naomi V ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children (age groups); Group behaviour; Information retrieval; Information science; United Kingdom; Youth

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; GROUP BEHAVIOUR; INFORMATION LITERACY; INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS; INFORMATION SEEKING; ITERATIVE PROCESS; NEW MODEL; SYSTEMS MODELS; SYSTEMS THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUTH;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION USE; RESEARCH;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 78651113288     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012531111103786     Document Type: Article

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