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  1. Tague-Sutcliffe, J.: Measuring information : an information services perspective (1995) 0.06
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    Footnote
    Rez. in: Information processing and management. 32(1996) no.3, S.389-391 (P.B. Kantor); Journal of academic librarianship 22(1996) no.2, S.147 (T.A. Brooks); Medical reference services quarterly 15(1996) no.2, S.109-110 (C. Gluck); JASIS 47(1996) no.10, S.794-795 (R. Losee)
  2. Curzon, S.C.: Managing the interview (1995) 0.02
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    Footnote
    Rez. in: Journal of academic librarianship 22(1996) no.6, S.471 (N. Corral)
  3. International yearbook of library and information management : 2001/2002 information services in an electronic environment (2001) 0.02
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    Date
    25. 3.2003 13:22:23
  4. Anderson, C.L.; Hauptman, R.: Technology and information services : challenges for the 1990's (1993) 0.02
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  5. Riechel, R.: Public library services to business (1994) 0.02
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  6. Basch, R.: Electronic information delivery : ensuring quality and value (1995) 0.02
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  7. Bryson, J.: Managing information services : an integrated approach (1997) 0.02
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    Date
    31.12.1998 22:01:11
  8. Jennerich, E.Z.; Jennerich, E.J.: ¬The reference interview as a creative art (1997) 0.02
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    Date
    31.12.1998 22:14:52
  9. Kuhlthau, C.C.: Seeking meaning : a process approach to library and information services (2003) 0.02
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    Date
    25.11.2005 18:58:22
  10. Manley, W.; Lee, R.: ¬The truth about reference librarians (1996) 0.02
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  11. Rogers, R.: Teaching information skills : a review of the research and its impact on education (1993) 0.02
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    Footnote
    Rez. in: International journal of information and library research. 6(1994) nos.1/2, S.82-84 (R. Downing)
  12. Nicholas, D.: Assessing information needs : tools and techniques (1996) 0.02
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    Date
    26. 2.2008 19:22:51
  13. Ford, N.: Introduction to information behaviour (2015) 0.02
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    Date
    22. 1.2017 16:45:48
  14. Carande, R.: Automation in library reference services : a handbook (1993) 0.01
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  15. Exploring the contexts of information behaviour : Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Research in Information Needs, Seeking and Use in Different Contexts, 13-15 August 1998, Sheffield, UK (1999) 0.01
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    Content
    Enthält u.a. die Beiträge: INTRONA, L.D.: Context, power, bodies and information: exploring the 'entangled' contexts of information; JACOB, E.K. u.a.: When essence becomes function: post-structuralist implications for an ecological theory of organizational classification systems; MALMSJO, A.: Conditions for designing different kinds of information systems; JULIEN, H.: Where to from here? Results of an emprical study and user-centred implications for system design; VAKKARI, P.: Task complexity, information types, search strategies and relevance: integrating studies on information seeking and retrieval; SPINK, A.: Towards a theoretical framework for information retrieval in an information seeking context; KUHLTHAU, C.C.: Investigating patterns in information seeking; concepts in context; BREZILLON, P. u.a.: Modeling context in information seeking; BYSTROM, K.: Information seekers in context: an analysis of the 'doer' in INSU studies; AUDUNSON, R.: Can institutional theory contribute to our understanding of information seeking behaviour?; SONNENWALD, D.H.: Evolving perspectives of human information behaviour: conexts, situations, social networks and information horizons; OLSSON, M.: Discourse: a new theoretical framework for examining information behaviour in its social context; KEANE, D.: The information behaviour of senior executives; LIMBERG, L.: Three conceptions of information seeking and use; PRESTON, H. u.a.: An evaluation of case study methodology within information system research; WILSON, T.D.: Exploring models of information behaviour: the 'uncertainty' project; ENNIS, M. u.a.: Towards a predictive model of information seeking: empirical studies of end-user searching; SOLOMON, P.: Information mosaics: patterns of action that structure; TOMS, E.G.: What motivates the browser? ABAD-GARCIA, M.F.: Information needs of physicians at the University Clinic Hospital in Valencia-Spain: GORMAN, P.: Information seeking of primary care physicians: conceptual models and empirical studies; LOMAX, E.C. u.a.: An investigation of the information seeking behavior of medical oncologists in Metropolitan Pittsburgh using a multi-method approach; PETTIGREW, K.E.: Agents of information: the role of community health nurses in linking the elderly with local resources by providing human services information; URQUHART, C.J.: Using vignettes to diagnose information strategies: opportunities and possible problems for information use studies of health professionals; WILDEMUTH, B.M. u.a.: The transition from formalized need to compromised need in the context of clinical problem solving; MARCELLA, R. u. G. BAXTER: The transition from formalized need to compromised need in the context of clinical problem solving; COLES, C.: Information seeking behaviour of public library users: use and non-use of electronic media; GREEN, A.-M. u. E. DAVENPORT: Putting new media in its place: the Edinburgh experience; ROSS, C.S.: Finding without seeking: what readers say about the role of pleasure-reading as a source of information; SAVOLAINEN, R.: Seeking and using information from the Internet: the context of non-work use; SPINK, A. u.a.: Everyday life information-seeking by low-income African American households: Wynnewood Healthy Neighbourhood Project; DIXON, P. u. L. BANWELL: School governors and effective dicision making; COOPER, L. u. C.C. KUHLTHAU: Imagery for constructing meaning in the information search process: a study of middle school students; FABRITIUS, H.: Triangulation as a multiperspective strategy in a qualitative study of information seeking behaviour of journalists; JOHINSTON, S.: Training for the information economy: a study of the information culture of a graduate business school; NICHOLAS, D. u. P. WILLIAMS: The changing information environment: the impact of the Internet on information seeking behaviour in the media; WIJNGAERT, L. van de: A policy capturing study of media choice: the effect information of needs and user characteristics on media choices; FETZER, A.: Validity claims: assigning contextual information; FOSTER, A.: On the interpretative authority of information systems; MUTCH, A.: Information: a critical realist approach; PERRY, M.: Process, representation and taskworld: distributed cognition and the organisation of information; HUOTARI, M.-L.: Social network analysis as a tool to evaluate IM in the public sector: a pilot study at the University of Tampere
  16. Reference and information services : an introduction (1995) 0.01
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    Footnote
    Rez. in: College and research libraries 57(1996) no.1, S.91-93 (R. Kieft); IfB 5(1997) H.1/2, S.24-26 (K. Schreiber); Electronic library 14(1996) no.5, S.471-472 (G. Matthews)
  17. Orna, E.: Information strategy in practice (2004.) 0.01
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    Date
    30. 6.2005 20:52:22
  18. St. Clair, G.: Beyond degrees : professional learning for knowledge services (2003) 0.00
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    Date
    11. 6.2004 14:52:22
  19. Covert and overt : recollecting and connecting intelligence service and information science (2005) 0.00
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  20. Case, D.O.: Looking for information : a survey on research on information seeking, needs, and behavior (2002) 0.00
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    Footnote
    Rez. in: JASIST 54(2003) no.7, S.695-697 (R. Savolainen): "Donald O. Case has written an ambitious book to create an overall picture of the major approaches to information needs and seeking (INS) studies. The aim to write an extensive review is reflected in the list of references containing about 700 items. The high ambitions are explained an p. 14, where Case states that he is aiming at a multidisciplinary understanding of the concept of information seeking. In the Preface, the author characterizes his book as an introduction to the topic for students at the graduate level, as well as as a review and handbook for scholars engagged in information behavior research. In my view, Looking for Information is particularly welcome as an academic textbook because the field of INS studies suffers from the lack of monographs. Along with the continuous growth of the number of journal articles and conference papers, there is a genuine need for a book that picks up the numerous pieces and puts them together. The use of the study as a textbook is facilitated by clearly delineated sections an major themes and the wealth of concrete examples of information seeking in everyday contexts. The book is lucidly written and it is accessible to novice readers, too. At first glance, the idea of providing a comprehensive review of INS studies may seem a mission impossible because the current number of articles, papers, and other contributions in this field is nearing the 10,000 range (p. 224). Donald Case is not alone in the task of coming to grips with an increasing number of studies; similar problems have been faced by those writing INS-related chapters for the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST). Case has solved the problem of "too many publications to be reviewed" by concentrating an the INS literature published during the last two decades. Secondly, studies an library use and information retrieval are discussed only to a limited extent. In addition, Case is highly selective as to studies focusing an the use of specific sources and channels such as WWW. These delineations are reasonable, even though they beg some questions. First, how should one draw the line between studies an information seeking and information retrieval? Case does not discuss this question in greater detail, although in recent years, the overlapping areas of information seeking and retrieval studies have been broadened, along with the growing importance of WWW in information seeking/retrieval. Secondly, how can one define the concept of information searching (or, more specifically, Internet or Web searching) in relation to information seeking and information retrieval? In the field of Web searching studies, there is an increasing number of contributions that are of direct relevance to information-seeking studies. Clearly, the advent of the Internet, particularly, the Web, has blurred the previous lines between INS and IR literature, making them less clear cut. The book consists of five main sections, and comprises 13 chapters. There is an Appendix serving the needs of an INS textbook (questions for discussion and application). The structure of the book is meticulously planned and, as a whole, it offers a sufficiently balanced contribution to theoretical, methodological, and empirical issues of INS. The title, Looking for Information: A Survey of Research an Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior aptly describes the main substance of the book. . . . It is easy to agree with Case about the significance of the problem of specialization and fragmentation. This problem seems to be concomitant with the broadening field of INS research. In itself, Case's book can be interpreted as a struggle against this fragmentation. His book suggests that this struggle is not hopeless and that it is still possible to draw an overall picture of the evolving research field. The major pieces of the puzzle were found and the book will provide a useful overview of INS studies for many years."