A user-centred mobile diary study approach to understanding serendipity in information research

Information Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Sun, Xu ^a   Sharples, Sarah ^a   Makri, Stephann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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