A theory of information need for information retrieval that connects information to knowledge

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1216-1231

  Cole, Charles ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK BOXES; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; INFORMATION NEED; INFORMATION SEARCH; INFORMATION SEEKING; SENSE MAKING; USER NEED; USER ORIENTED;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION USE; QUERY PROCESSING;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 79959446355     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21541     Document Type: Article

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