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Peer reviewedEllis, David – Library Quarterly, 1993
Discusses use of the grounded theory approach to derive models of the information-seeking patterns of academic researchers. The background to the development of qualitative approaches to information studies in the United Kingdom is described, and the results of four studies of the information-seeking patterns of researchers are outlined. (Contains…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Science, Information Seeking
Peer reviewedSpink, Amanda; Wilson, T. D.; Ford, Nigel; Foster, Allen; Ellis, David – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Presents the theoretical framework and research design of a project based on longitudinal data collected in the United Sates and the United Kingdom that investigated the processes of mediated information retrieval searching during human information-seeking processes. Topics include problem-solving; uncertainty; cognitive styles; and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
