Understanding information seeking in digital libraries: antecedents and consequences

Aslib Journal of Information Management

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 715-734

  Zha, Xianjin ^a   Wang, Wentao ^a   Yan, Yalan ^b   Zhang, Jinchao ^a   Zha, Daochen ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Flow; Individual performance; Information seeking; Self efficacy; Technology Acceptance Model

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; SURVEYS;

FLOW; INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION SEEKING; SELF EFFICACY; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 84946558775     PISSN: 20503806     EISSN: 20503814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/AJIM-12-2014-0167     Document Type: Article

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