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Peer reviewedSabine, Gordon A.; Sabine, Patricia L. – Library Quarterly, 1986
Reports results of a survey of 613 heavy users of scientific and technical books and journals in U.S. libraries. Information obtained through interviews includes sex and occupation of interviewees; the type of resource most recently used; why and how it was used; and the type of library used. (EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Information Seeking, Information Utilization
Farid, Mona; And Others – 1984
This research project investigated the information seeking behavior of Syracuse University doctoral students in six disciplines--economics, English, geology, history, philosophy, and physics. Questionnaires distributed to 112 students elicited data from 69 respondents (61.6%) on their educational environment, search strategies, selection of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Behavior Patterns, Doctoral Programs, Foreign Students
Peer reviewedLundu, Maurice C. – Information Processing and Management, 1985
Analyzes and applies Bettman's information processing theory of consumer choice to information processing, evaluation, and utilization by academic libraries in Zambia to support research and development activities. Certain Zambian cultural and sociopsychological aspects and attitudes that could affect the evaluation and utilization of information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Environmental Influences, Futures (of Society)
