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Newby, Gregory B.; And Others – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Discusses an empirical study that examined the relative efficiency of individual differences variables and user-based situational variables as predictors of the actual information/knowledge needed by users to accomplish word processing tasks. Information seeking versus information use is discussed, and results of canonical correlation analyses are…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Information Needs
Dervin, Brenda; And Others – 1985
This study was conducted to determine how library users in California say library use helps them. While most library effectiveness studies infer effectiveness by looking at the movement of materials or reports of user satisfaction, this study proceeds from the assumption that libraries need to know how library use helps in user terms. The study…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Seeking, Information Utilization, Library Materials
