Uncertainty in information seeking and retrieval: A study in an academic environment

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-175

  Chowdhury, Sudatta ^a   Gibb, Forbes ^b   Landoni, Monica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Digital information sources; Human information behaviour; Information seeking activities; Information seeking and retrieval; Information seeking problems; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL INFORMATION; HUMAN INFORMATION BEHAVIOUR; INFORMATION SEEKING ACTIVITIES; INFORMATION SEEKING AND RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SEEKING PROBLEMS; UNCERTAINTY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION; SURVEYS;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 79951949469     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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