Table of contents
Building on models of information behaviour: linking information seeking and communication
Andrew Robson, Lyn RobinsonThis paper aims to gain insights from existing models of information behaviour, building on them to develop a new model which, unlike most others, encompasses both information…
A memo of qualitative research for information science: toward theory construction
Sylvain K. CibanguThe purpose of this paper is to advocate for a clearer and less fragmentary use of qualitative research in the increasingly interdisciplinary research setting of information…
Interpreting reference work with contemporary practice theory
Mary F. CavanaghIn an increasingly competitive field of socially mediated information and knowledge available online, the public library's traditional services are increasingly questioned for…
Patterns of graduate students' information seeking behavior: a meta‐synthesis of the literature
Amy CatalanoThe purpose of this review is to draw out patterns of information seeking behavior of graduate students as described in the empirical research published from 1997 to the present.
The stranger's tale: information seeking as an outsider activity
Frances HultgrenWith a departure point in the Schutzian concept of “The stranger”, the aim of the article is to examine the usefulness of the concept as a tool for understanding information…
The three dimensions of informetrics: a conceptual view
Raf GunsThe aim of this paper is to propose a conceptual model of the field of informetrics. Specifically, the paper argues that informetrics comprises the study of entities in three…
Contents and structure of abstracts: Comparison of Czech, English and Slovenian scientific journals in the area of information and materials sciences
Alenka Šauperl, Nina Jamar, Lenka Němečková, Eliška Veselá, Victor DobrovolnyPublishers of some scientific journals and the ISO standard require or recommend specific information to be present in abstracts. However, little is known whether this is what…
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