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Download full textQayyum, M. Asim; Smith, David – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2015
Introduction: Use of the Internet for open Web searches is common among university students in academic learning tasks. The tools used by students to find relevant information for online assessment tasks were investigated and their information seeking behaviour was documented to explore the impact on assessment design. Method: A mixed methods…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Testing, Information Seeking
Fabiano, Emily – 1979
Developed to orient the information seeker to the computerized literature search process, this guide provides background information that will help the user facilitate the search interview and the formation of a search topic, enabling him or her to focus on personal search needs and not on the fundamentals of online searching. Major purposes for…
Descriptors: Databases, Guides, Indexing, Information Retrieval
TAYLOR, ROBERT S. – 1967
THIS REPORT IS A STUDY OF TWO TYPES OF THE PROCESS OF QUESTION NEGOTIATION IN LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTERS. THROUGH TAPED INTERVIEWS WITH SPECIAL LIBRARIANS AND INFORMATION SPECIALISTS, FIVE LEVELS OF INFORMATION WERE ISOLATED WHICH ARE CONSCIOUSLY SOUGHT AND RECEIVED BY THE LIBRARIAN IN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS. THESE ARE (1) SUBJECT…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Centers, Information Needs, Information Retrieval
White, Marilyn Domas; Wang, Peiling – 1997
User's information needs and the tasks they face change over the stages of a research project. In previous research by Peiling Wang, a cognitive model of users' document selection behavior for their research projects was developed. This study looks at the general applicability of Wang's model to subsequent decision-making about items selected…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Decision Making, Higher Education, Information Sources
Schamber, Linda – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Reports on an exploratory study that examined the criteria users mentioned in evaluating the results of their own multimedia searches related to weather information. Ten evaluation criteria are described, their relationships to information sources and presentation formats are examined, and directions for future research are suggested. (nine…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Information Needs, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedMiller, Jerry P. – Library Trends, 1994
Based on interview and survey data from 220 upper- and middle-level managers within a Fortune 500 manufacturing firm, this case study describes how differences in organizational values influence the frequency with which decision makers use oral, written, and electronic sources of information for environmental scanning. (91 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Administration, Analysis of Variance, Case Studies, Decision Making
Peer reviewedShane, Jackie C. – Reference Librarian, 1998
An overview is provided of available resources on the Holocaust accessible via the Internet. Highlights include: search engines; foreign countries; museums and research centers; libraries; archives; photographic archives; art; organizations; education (K-12 and academic); Holocaust denial; interviews with survivors; bibliographies; and Usenet…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
GOODMAN, ARNOLD F.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) CONDUCTED A TWO-PHASE STUDY TO DETERMINE HOW SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS IN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES ACQUIRE INFORMATION FOR PERFORMING WORK ASSIGNMENTS ON DOD PROGRAMS. THE PHASE I STUDY COVERED THE INFORMATION NEEDS OF DOD PERSONNEL ENGAGED IN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT,…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Correlation, Documentation, Engineers
Corum, Edythe – 1978
One in a series of bibliographies related to rural library service, this document lists 164 entries dealing with reference services. The entries, dated from 1970 to 1978, are listed alphabetically by author with complete bibliographic information and consist primarily of national and regional library journals (nearly all published in the United…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Government Publications, Information Retrieval, Information Services
