More Research Needed: Informal Information-Seeking Behavior of Youth on the Internet.

Dresang, Eliza T.

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ERIC Number: EJ595442

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Publication Date: 1999

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More Research Needed: Informal Information-Seeking Behavior of Youth on the Internet.

Dresang, Eliza T.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v50 n12 p1123-24 Oct 1999

Proposes the adoption of a new research paradigm that takes advantage of the digital world and may provide greater insight into how young people seek information. This involves a closer collaboration with youth as partners in constructing research and probing the different criteria of youth for determining the success of a search. (AEF)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperation, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Internet, Models, Research and Development, Research Methodology, Youth

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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