Following the "community" thread from sociology to information behavior and informatics: Uncovering theoretical continuities and research opportunities

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 847-864

  Veinot, Tiffany C ^a   Williams, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATICS; INFORMATION BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; POTENTIAL UTILITY; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; TECHNOLOGY USE; UNIT OF ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION SCIENCE; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84860623546     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21653     Document Type: Review

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