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  1. Ford, N.: ¬The growth of understanding in information science : towards a developmental model (1999) 0.05
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    Content
    Beitrag eines Themenheftes: The 50th Anniversary of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science. Pt.2: Paradigms, models, and models of information science
    Date
    17. 1.2000 13:16:22
    Source
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 50(1999) no.12, S.1141-1152
  2. Wood, F.; Ford, N.; Miller, D.; Sobczyk, G.; Duffin, R.: Information skills, searching behaviour and cognitive styles for student-centred learning : a computer-assisted learning approach (1996) 0.02
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    Source
    Journal of information science. 22(1996) no.2, S.79-92
  3. Ford, N.: Introduction to information behaviour (2015) 0.01
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    Date
    22. 1.2017 16:45:48
  4. Ford, N.: Creativity and convergence in information science research : the roles of objectivity and subjectivity, constraint, and control (2004) 0.01
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    Abstract
    Objectivity, in the form of the application of external scrutiny according to standards agreed within a research community, is an essential characteristic of information science research whether pursued from positivist, interpretative, or action research perspectives. Subjectivity may represent both a legitimate focus of research (e.g., people's perceptions and attitudes) and a legitimate component of methodology (e.g., enabling researchers to enter, experience, and share the perceived worlds of their subjects). However, subjectivity that both (a) is not open to external scrutiny and (b) gives rise to contingent dependencies is problematic for research. The issue of problematic types of subjectivity is considered, and the contributions to the debate concerning possible solutions of two key thinkers - the cybernetician Gordon Pask and the methodological philosopher Brenda Dervin - are discussed. The need identified by Dervin for researchers to be able to escape (expose and test) their own assumptions is explored in terms of a dynamic interplay between relatively subjective and objective forces, each requiring the liberating and constraining energies of the other. The extent to which meta-methodological awareness - a prerequisite for any such escape - can be fostered, for example, by the quality of research environments, is explored along with implications for those responsible for managing and funding research.
    Source
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 55(2004) no.13, S.1169-1182
  5. Ford, N.: Web-based learning through educational informatics : information science meets educational computing (2008) 0.01
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    Content
    Inhalt: Learning: Basic Processes - Introduction - Basic Information Processes - Integrating Themes - Where do Integrating Themes come From? - Theory Generation and Testing - Learning: Individual Differences - Styles of Learning - Levels of Learning - References - Education - Educational Philosophies and Learning Design - Autonomy and Mediation - Library and Information Science - Standards for Supporting Resource Discovery - Information Seeking and Autonomous Learning - Information Seeking as Conversations - ICT Developments: Resource Discovery - Tools and Techniques to Support Information Seeking and Resource Discovery - Metadata - Ontologies and the Semantic Web - Educational Metadata and Ontologies - ICT Developments: Learning Design And Teaching - Intelligent and Adaptive Tutoring Systems - Learning Environments and Interoperability - General ICT-Based Developments - Educational Opportunities Afforded by ICT Developments - Educational Informatics Systems: Individual Approaches - Metadata-Enabled Learning Resource Discovery - Adaptive Systems for Personalised Resource Discovery - Open Corpus Resource Discovery - From Supplantation to Metacognition - Educational Informatics Systems: Social Approaches - Alternative Pedagogies - Educational Informatics Systems that Learn - Community-Based Learning - Real World Learning - Theory and Practice - Educational Informatics Support for Critical Thinking and Creativity - Making Sense of Research: Generating Useful Real World Knowledge - Going Forward: Research Issues and the Future - Different Perspectives on Educational Informatics Developments - Types Of Evidence - Contingent Dependencies, and Object and Meta Languages - Reality Checking For Quality Control - Towards the Learning Web
    Imprint
    Hershey, Pa. : Information Science
  6. Birdi, B.; Ford, N.: Towards a new sociological model of fiction reading (2018) 0.01
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    Abstract
    Although much previous research has considered how we read, less attention has been paid to why we read, and the influence not only of individual or text-related factors on a reader's intention to read, but also of broader societal factors. This article presents a novel, empirically-based model of fiction reading in a public library context, taking into account the characteristics differentiating the readers of individual fiction genres. It begins with a literature review of factors motivating a reading choice or habit, and of the effects of reading different fiction genres, before introducing three previous studies by the first author into readers' attitudes towards, and engagement with, fiction and selected fiction genres. The methodologies are then summarized both for the three previous studies and the present study. The authors present a combined analysis that integrates the findings of the previous studies in order to generate a new, evidence-based model for the reading of fiction genres. Incorporating both demographic and motivational aspects, this model illustrates how the broad themes of the fiction reader profile interrelate, giving them a new causal ordering. Finally, there is a discussion of the implications of this work for library and information science research and practitioner communities.
    Source
    Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 69(2018) no.11, S.1291-1303
  7. Ford, N.; Ford, R.: Cognitive styles and database access (1992) 0.01
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    Abstract
    Describes an experiment conducted with 30 post graduate information science and librarianship students to discover how they might go about learning from an ideal database. A system was created which preserved the characteristics of a computer based environment, yet which freed itself from the constraints of current technology. The students were, in fact, interacting via computer screen with 2 human expert backed up with appropriate computer files and documentation. Results suggest a number of different information accessing strategies linked to relatively successful and less successful retrieval. Discusses the implications of the results for the design of computerized information retrieval systems
  8. Ford, N.: Modeling cognitive processes in information seeking : from Popper to Pask (2004) 0.01
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    Source
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 55(2004) no.9, S.769-782
  9. Ford, N.: Towards a model of learning for educational informatics (2004) 0.01
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    Abstract
    Based on a review of constructs that have been the subject of both educational and information science research, a model of learning-related information behaviour is developed. The model details components of such behaviour, including: basic information processes, information processing types and information processing approaches; and factors affecting information behaviour relating to educational environments (in particular, learning objectives) and mental (including cognitive and affective) states. The complexity of information needs and associated relevance judgements implied by the model are discussed, as are implications for the provision of cognitively and affectively ergonomic access to information, and for research into learning-related information behaviour.
  10. Wood, F.; Ford, N.; Walsh, C.: ¬The effect of postings information on search behaviour (1994) 0.01
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    Source
    Journal of information science. 20(1994) no.1, S.29-40
  11. Ford, N.; Miller, D.; Moss, N.: ¬The role of individual differences in Internet searching : an empirical study (2001) 0.01
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    Source
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science and technology. 52(2001) no.12, S.1049-1066
  12. Ford, N.; Miller, D.; Moss, N.: Web search strategies and human individual differences : cognitive and demographic factors, Internet attitudes, and approaches (2005) 0.01
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    Source
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 56(2005) no.7, S.741-756
  13. Ford, N.; Miller, D.; Moss, N.: Web search strategies and human individual differences : a combined analysis (2005) 0.01
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    Source
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 56(2005) no.7, S.757-764
  14. Wilson, T.D.; Ford, N.; Ellis, D.; Foster, A.; Spink, A.: Information seeking and mediated searching : Part 2: uncertainty and Its correlates (2002) 0.01
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    Source
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 53(2002) no.9, S.704-715
  15. Ellis, D.; Wilson, T.D.; Ford, N.; Foster, A.; Lam, H.M.; Burton, R.; Spink, A.: Information seeking and mediated searching : Part 5: user-intermediary interaction (2002) 0.01
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    Source
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 53(2002) no.11, S.883-892
  16. Ford, N.; Wilson, T.D.; Foster, A.; Ellis, D.; Spink, A.: Information seeking and mediated searching : Part 4: cognitive styles in information seeking (2002) 0.01
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    Source
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 53(2002) no.9, S.728-735
  17. Spink, A.; Wilson, T.D.; Ford, N.; Foster, A.; Ellis, D.: Information seeking and mediated searching : Part 1: theoretical framework and research design (2002) 0.01
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    Source
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 53(2002) no.9, S.695-703
  18. Whittle, M.; Eaglestone, B.; Ford, N.; Gillet, V.J.; Madden, A.: Data mining of search engine logs (2007) 0.01
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    Source
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 58(2007) no.14, S.2382-2400
  19. Ford, N.; Wood, F.; Walsh, C.: Cognitive styles and searching (1994) 0.00
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    Abstract
    The primary aim of the study was to investigate the effect of the absence of postings information on online searches and searching behaviour and these results were reported in Journal of information science 20(1994) no.1. The secondary aim, reported here, was to assess the cognitive styles of the participants to ensure that the population was sufficiently vareid in this respect and to investigate possible correlations between cognitive ability and searching behaviour. Throughout the project, searches were made by postgraduates at the department of information studies, University of Sheffield using the LISA database on CD-ROM. A total of 67 searchers carried out 275 searches, both with and without postings information. Reports significant differences in both searching behaviour and search outcomes obtained by those with different learning styles, with and without postings information. Significant correlations were found between cognitice styles and online searching. Searchers characterized by different learning styles tend to adopt different search strategies and strategies associated with comprehension and operation learning styles result in qualitatively different searching performance. Searching approaches associated with a versatile style are the most effective. Making feedback in the form of postings available enables comprehension and operation learners, and field independent searchers, to change their apporach in qualitatively different ways. Other findings are reported and discussed
  20. Ford, N.: Cognitive styles and virtual environments (2000) 0.00
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    Source
    Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 51(2000) no.6, S.543-557