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Mansourian, Yazdan; Ford, Nigel; Webber, Sheila; Madden, Andrew – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2008
Purpose: This paper aims to encapsulate the main procedure and key findings of a qualitative research on end-users' interactions with web-based search tools in order to demonstrate how the concept of "information visibility" emerged and how an integrative model of information visibility and information seeking on the web was constructed.…
Descriptors: Use Studies, Information Seeking, Internet, Scientists
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Matthews, Denise; Schrum, Lynne – Internet and Higher Education, 2003
A multimethod exploration of undergraduates' high-speed Internet use in residence halls took a uses-and-gratifications approach and revealed Internet use as integral to students' lives. Students' negative comments about Internet distractions from academic work led to identification of an individual difference variable, internal locus of control of…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Internet, Locus of Control