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A Review of Studies on the General Problem of Knowledge Production and Utilization.
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Short, Edmund C. – 1970
The growing complexity of society has resulted in increased attention to the problem of knowledge production and utilization. This review of the scholarship pertaining to this subject traces the topic in its most general sense. Three fields of interest have received attention from researchers: 1) the relation of research to practice; 2) the nature…
Descriptors: Feedback, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval, Information Science
Experiments and Analysis of Information Use and Value in a Decision-Making Context.
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Yovits, M. C.; Foulk, C. R. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1985
Describes experiments relating information to decision making. The experiments were developed to validate previously suggested conceptual model of information flow and its relation to decision making and to establish specific values for significant parameters involved. Background and summary of recent research and experimental design and research…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Information Theory
Information Seeking and Use: Students' Thinking and Their Mental Models.
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McGregor, Joy H. – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1994
Compares research studies conducted by Kuhlthau, McGregor, and Pitts that investigated the library research process used by high school students and their information retrieval and utilization strategies. Topics discussed include research methodologies; information seeking; cognitive aspects; narrowing the topic; stages in the research process;…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, High School Students, Information Retrieval
The Effect of On-Line Search Services on Chemists' Information Style.
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Jahoda, Gerald; And Others – 1979
Online searches of bibliographic databases were conducted for scientists and technologists in one academic and one industrial setting. In order to determine the effect of this new technological development on its users' information-seeking habits, and to determine how, how often, and with what satisfaction online search services are used, records…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Information Needs, Information Retrieval, Information Utilization
The Impact of Internet Information Resources on Research Strategies: A Case Study in Alcohol Policy Analysis.
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Johnson, Suzanne P.; Anglin, Lise; Kavanagh, Lynn T.; Greenfield, Thomas K.; Giesbrecht, Norman A. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1999
Examines the impact of Internet information resources on the development and adaptation of research strategies based on a study of federal alcohol control policy. Considers how Internet access affects utilization of information services within an organization, and describes measures of utilization and effectiveness for assessing the impact of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Alcohol Abuse, Case Studies, Content Analysis
Bibliographic Instruction in a Step-by-Step Approach.
Soash, Richard L. – Book Report, 1992
Describes an information search process based on Kuhlthau's model that was used to teach bibliographic research to ninth grade students. A research test to ensure that students are familiar with basic library skills is presented, forms for helping students narrow the topic and evaluate materials are provided, and a research process checklist is…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Evaluation Criteria, Grade 9, Information Retrieval