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  1. Hsieh-Yee, I.: Search tactics of Web users in searching for texts, graphics, known items and subjects : a search simulation study (1998) 0.05
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    Date
    25.12.1998 19:22:31
    Source
    Reference librarian. 1998, no.60, S.61-85
    Year
    1998
  2. Limberg, L.: Three conceptions of information seeking and use (1999) 0.04
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    Date
    22. 3.2002 9:53:10
    Source
    Exploring the contexts of information behaviour: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Research in Information Needs, Seeking and Use in Different Contexts, Sheffield, UK, 1998. Ed. by D.K. Wilson u. D.K. Allen
  3. English, W.: ¬A short primer in conducting searches (1998) 0.04
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    Source
    Link-up. 15(1998) no.1, S.31
    Year
    1998
  4. Byström, K.: Information seekers in context : an analysis of the 'doer' in INSU studies (1999) 0.03
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    Date
    22. 3.2002 9:55:52
    Source
    Exploring the contexts of information behaviour: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Research in Information Needs, Seeking and Use in Different Contexts, Sheffield, UK, 1998. Ed. by D.K. Wilson u. D.K. Allen
  5. Lempert, Y.: Suchstrategien in Kinder-OPACs : Vorstellung ausgewählter Beispiele und Anforderungen an Dokumentationssprachen (1998) 0.03
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    Year
    1998
  6. Toms, E.G.: What motivates the browser? (1999) 0.03
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    Date
    22. 3.2002 9:44:47
    Source
    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. Ed. by D.K. Wilson u. D.K. Allen
  7. Ennis, M.; Sutcliffe, A.G.; Watkinson, S.J.: Towards a predictive model of information seeking : empirical studies of end-user-searching (1999) 0.03
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    Date
    22. 3.2002 9:54:13
    Source
    Exploring the contexts of information behaviour: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Research in Information Needs, Seeking and Use in Different Contexts, Sheffield, UK, 1998. Ed. by D.K. Wilson u. D.K. Allen
  8. Morse, P.M.: Search theory and browsing (1970) 0.02
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    Date
    22. 5.2005 19:53:09
  9. Ardito, S.C.: ¬The Internet : beginning or end of organized information? (1998) 0.02
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    Source
    Searcher. 6(1998) no.1, S.52-57
    Year
    1998
  10. Morse, P.M.: Browsing and search theory (1973) 0.02
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    Date
    22. 5.2005 19:52:29
  11. Branch, J.L.: Investigating the information-seeking process of adolescents : the value of using think alouds and think afters (2000) 0.02
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    Source
    Library and information science research. 22(2000) no.4, S.371-382
  12. Chen, S.Y.; Ford, N.J.: Modelling user navigation behaviours in a hypermedia-based learning system : an individual differences approach (1998) 0.02
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    Source
    Knowledge organization. 25(1998) no.3, S.67-78
    Year
    1998
  13. Spink, A.; Goodrum, A.; Robins, D.: Elicitation behavior during mediated information retrieval (1998) 0.02
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    Source
    Information processing and management. 34(1998) nos.2/3, S.257-273
    Year
    1998
  14. Boynton, J.: Identifying systematic reviews in MEDLINE : developing an objective approach to search strategy design (1998) 0.02
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    Source
    Journal of information science. 24(1998) no.3, S.137-154
    Year
    1998
  15. Iivonen, M.; Sonnenwald, D.H.: From translation to navigation of different discourses : a model of search term selection during the pre-online stage of the search process (1998) 0.02
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    Source
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 49(1998) no.4, S.312-326
    Year
    1998
  16. Pejtersen, A.M.: Design of a classification scheme for fiction based on an analysis of actual user-librarian communication, and use of the scheme for control of librarians' search strategies (1980) 0.02
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    Date
    5. 8.2006 13:22:44
  17. Vakkari, P.: Task complexity, information types, search strategies and relevance : integrating studies on information retrieval and seeking (1999) 0.01
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    Abstract
    Research in information science aims to comprehend the facilitation of access to information for supporting purposeful action. The major themes to be addressed have been how information is organized for access, how it is retrieved from storage, and how it is sought out and used for various purposes. Two central research areas in the field are information retrieval (IR) and information seeking (IS) (Vakkari & Rochester, 1998). Although intuitively the fields seem to be overlapping, their research communities have been active in their own enclosures. Few researchers have visited the neighboring side. However, there are researchers (Bates, 1989; Belkin & Vickery, 1986; Belkin, 1993; Ellis, 1989; Ingwersen, 1992, 1996; Järvelin 1987; Kuhlthau, 1993; Marchionini, 1995; Saracevic & Kantor, 1988) who have stressed the need to connect results from both research traditions. IR can be seen as a part of a broader process of information seeking. By IS is understood a process of searching, obtaining and using information for a purpose (e.g., form a solution for a task) when a person does not have sufficient prior knowledge. By 1R is understood the use of an information system for obtaining relevant information for a purpose (e.g., a task). This implies that information systems are a specific means among other sources and channels for obtaining information.
    Source
    Exploring the contexts of information behaviour: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Research in Information Needs, Seeking and Use in Different Contexts, Sheffield, UK, 1998. Ed. by D.K. Wilson u. D.K. Allen
  18. Wilson, T.D.: Exploring models of information behaviour : the 'uncertainty' project (1999) 0.01
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    Exploring the contexts of information behaviour: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Research in Information Needs, Seeking and Use in Different Contexts, Sheffield, UK, 1998. Ed. by D.K. Wilson u. D.K. Allen
  19. Whitmire, E.: Undergraduates' information seeking behavior : the role of epistemological development theories and models (1999) 0.01
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    Abstract
    Researchers in the discipline of Higher Education have examined philosophical and psychological literature to develop epistemological development theories and models. They are primarily interested in understanding: "how individuals come to know, the theories and beliefs they hold about knowing, and the manner in which such epistemological premises are a part of and an influence on the cognitive processes of thinking and reasoning" (Hofer & Pintrinch, 1997). I propose to develop a theoretical framework for undergraduates' information seeking behavior based upon the insights into their knowledge construction offered through these models and theories of epistemological development. Epistemology is defined as "the philosophical study of the nature, sources, and limits of knowledge' (Moser, Mulder, & Trout, 1998). I will focus my paper on four major theories and models of undergraduates' epistemological development. I will present a new model of information seeking behavior incorporating these theories and models about how undergraduates construct knowledge and the consequent influence on their information seeking behavior
  20. Keane, D.: ¬The information behaviour of senior executives (1999) 0.01
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    Abstract
    For senior executives, the ability to work with large quantities of information - sorting the wheat from the chaff- has long been recognised as a key determinant of achievement. What an executive believes to be important information can have a significant influence on what they think and how they think about it. Senior executives, because of their critical leadership role, are challenged in their daily lives to develop effective ways of acquiring, using and sharing important information. Some executives are undoubtedly better than others in how they handle such information and there is a high level of interest in identifying those information behavior characteristics that lead to executive excellence (Davenport & Prusak, 1998). Because of their position within organizations, CEOs - those senior executives who have overall responsibility for the management of the organization or business unit - are particularly concerned with enhancing their information behavior. CEOs have the task of managing the organization so that it achieves its strategic goals and objectives. And a critical part of this task is becoming highly effective in managing a wide range of information and in developing skills of influence and decision making. It is therefore important for us to understand how senior executives handle information on a day-to-day basis. What information do they consider important? And why? Several studies have sought to address these questions with varying degrees of success. Some have set out to better understand what type of information senior executives need (McLeod & Jones, 1987) while other studies have attempted to provide a comprehensive theoretical base for executive work (Mintzberg, 1968; 1973; 1975). Yet other work has tried to devise various tools and methodologies for eliciting the unique information requirements of individual executives (Rockart, 1979).
    Source
    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. Ed. by D.K. Wilson u. D.K. Allen