The information-related behaviour of emerging artists and designers: Inspiration and guidance for new practitioners

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-180

  Mason, Helen ^a   Robinson, Lyn ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arts; Individual behaviour; Information retrieval; Internet; Social networks; Visual media

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751658181     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411111105498     Document Type: Article

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