Requesting and providing information in blogs and internet discussion forums

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 863-886

  Savolainen, Reijo ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blogs; Information management; Information searches; Internet discussion groups; Online access; Provision of information

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053068035     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411111164718     Document Type: Article

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