Undergraduates' personal academic information management and the consideration of time and task-urgency

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1590-1607

  Mizrachi, Diane ^a   Bates, Marcia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

human behavior; information seeking; students

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE STUDENTS; COMMUNICATION DEVICE; DIGITAL INFORMATION; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; INFORMATION SEEKING; PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

DIGITAL DEVICES; DIGITAL STORAGE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84880275579     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22849     Document Type: Article

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