Contents and structure of abstracts: Comparison of Czech, English and...
AbstractPurpose - Publishers 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...
View ArticleThe three dimensions of informetrics: a conceptual view
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View ArticleThe stranger’s tale: information seeking as an outsider activity
AbstractPurpose - With 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 seeking...
View ArticlePatterns of graduate students’ information seeking behavior: A meta-synthesis...
AbstractPurpose - The 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...
View ArticleInterpreting reference work with contemporary practice theory
AbstractPurpose - In an increasingly competitive field of socially mediated information and knowledge available online, the public library's traditional services are increasingly questioned for...
View ArticleA memo of qualitative research for information science: Toward theory...
AbstractPurpose - The 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 science....
View ArticleBuilding on models of information behaviour: linking information seeking and...
AbstractPurpose - This paper seeks to gain insights from existing models of information behaviour, building on them to develop a new model which, unlike most others, encompasses both information...
View ArticleContents and structure of abstracts: Comparison of Czech, English and...
AbstractPurpose– Publishers 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...
View ArticleThe stranger's tale: information seeking as an outsider activity
AbstractPurpose– With 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 seeking...
View ArticlePatterns of graduate students' information seeking behavior: a meta-synthesis...
AbstractPurpose– The 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....
View ArticleInterpreting reference work with contemporary practice theory
AbstractPurpose– In an increasingly competitive field of socially mediated information and knowledge available online, the public library's traditional services are increasingly questioned for...
View ArticleA memo of qualitative research for information science: toward theory...
AbstractPurpose– The 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 science....
View ArticleBuilding on models of information behaviour: linking information seeking and...
AbstractPurpose– This 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 seeking...
View ArticleInterestingness and the essence of citation
AbstractPurpose - This article provides a new insight in the reasons why authors cite.Design/methodology/approach - The authors argue that based on philosophical ideas about the essence of things pure...
View ArticleRe-Conceiving Information Studies: A Quantum Approach
AbstractPurpose - Purpose: This paper intends to demonstrate that fundamental aspects of quantum theory can be applied to work in information studies (IS).Design/methodology/approach - Approach: The...
View ArticleTowards a conceptual framework for provider information behaviour
AbstractPurpose - This paper provides a critical discussion of the paucity of research on information behaviour of information providers and proposes a framework for investigating the emerging area of...
View ArticleExamination of Work Task and Criteria Choices for the Relevance Judgment Process
AbstractPurpose - To better understand the dynamic nature of the relevance judgment process and the influence of work task on that process. Design/methodology/approach - The empirical study reported...
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