Deep, efficient, and dialogic study of undergraduate information seeking and use: A methodological exploration

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 47, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Dervin, Brenda ^a   Devakos, Rea ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Focus group interviewing; Information seeking and use; Methodology; Semi structured group interviewing; Sense making; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861424707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15508390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.14504701361     Document Type: Conference Paper

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