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Peer reviewedPennanen, Mikko; Vakkari, Pertti – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003
Focuses on analyzing undergraduate students' information needs in terms of conceptual understanding of the topic they propose to study and its consequences for the search process and outcome. Highlights include the ASK (anomalous states of knowledge) hypothesis; subject knowledge and searching; Kuhlthau's model; conceptual structure; knowledge…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Correlation, Higher Education, Information Needs
