A series of encounters: The information behaviour of participants in a subject-based electronic discussion list

Journal of Information and Knowledge Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-201

  Irvine Smith, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

actKM; Burnett's typology of on line information behaviour; electronic discussion list; Information behaviour; information encountering; Sense Making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892374845     PISSN: 02196492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219649210002619     Document Type: Article

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