Wiberley, S.E.; Daugherty, R.A.: Users' persistence in scanning lists of references (1988)
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- Abstract
- One of the basic information-seeking activities where library users might experience information overload is scanning lists of references. Because much information seeking is discretionary - users may abandon a search without fear of penalty - lists that are too long may influence users to stop searching