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User Profiling in Online Marketplaces and Security
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Koh, Byungwan – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The advent of information technology has enabled firms to collect significant amounts of data about individuals and mine the data for developing their strategies. Profiling of individuals is one common use of data collected about them. It refers to using known or inferred information to categorize the type of an individual and to tailor specific…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Program Effectiveness, Information Technology, Data Collection
Introductory Concepts in Information Science. ASIS Monograph Series.
Norton, Melanie J. – 2000
This book is an introduction to the practical and theoretical concepts of information science. The author draws on recent research into the field of information science, as well as from scholarly and trade publications, and includes articles by Harold Borko, Klause Otten, and Anthony DeBons to emphasize the long-standing dissension in the field.…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Computer Mediated Communication, Information Policy, Information Retrieval
Looking for the Information Needle in the Internet Haystack.
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Clausen, Helge – 1996
This paper presents the results of an empirical survey conducted in the winter of 1995-96 among 413 Danish Internet users (business people, higher education/research and students). Data from a recent Danish Mediacenter Internet survey (n=2981) are also included. Findings indicate that women tend to use the Internet to solve well-defined problems,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Educational Services in Health Sciences Libraries. Current Practice in Health Sciences Librarianship Series, Volume 2.
Bunting, Alison, Ed.; Allegri, Francesca, Ed. – 1995
This book, Volume 2 in an eight-volume series on "Current Practice in Health Sciences Librarianship," is an introduction, overview, and state-of-the-art depiction of educational services in health sciences libraries. This book is not intended as a detailed, step-by-step guide to planning and implementing educational programs. The volume…
Descriptors: Administration, Document Delivery, Ethics, Information Retrieval
ASIST 2002: Information, Connections and Community. Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting (65th, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 18-21, 2002).
Toms, Elaine G., Ed. – 2002
The theme of the 2002 ASIST (American Society for Information Science and Technology) annual conference was "Knowledge, Connections and Community," which covers the role of information in a complex global society and the way in which information connects and impacts our environment. The program included 43 SIG (Special Interest Group) programs, 49…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Communications, Global Approach, Information Policy
Information Technology for Congress.
Chartrand, Robert Lee; And Others – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1987
A series of 11 articles describes information technologies being used in the U.S. Congress, the impact of these technologies, and possible future developments. Included are a chronology of key actions affecting congressional information support and a list of readings in information technology and Congress. (CLB)
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Networks, Data Processing, Databases
Information Literacy: Search Strategies, Tools & Resources.
Ercegovac, Zorana – 1998
This book was created to teach information literacy. It takes a user-centered perspective in using information technology as a tool to accomplish a variety of tasks and is divided into a series of nine interrelated yet independent chapters. Chapter 1 is an introduction to basic concepts, focusing on fundamental models of information sources and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Information Literacy