On the pitfalls of bibliographic database searching: Comparing successful and less successful users

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 106-117

  Rosman, T ^a   Mayer, A K ^a   Krampen, G ^a,b  

^a Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

bibliographic database; information seeking behaviour; need for cognitive closure; personality; usability

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION USE; SEARCH ENGINES; VOCABULARY CONTROL;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOURS; NEED FOR COGNITIVE CLOSURE; PERSONALITY; USABILITY;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84958061879     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2015.1066446     Document Type: Article

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