Recognition of Stages in the User's Information-Seeking Process during Online Searching by Novice Searchers.

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Main Authors:	Spink, Amanda, Cool, Colleen
Format:	Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	1992
Subjects:	Graduate Students Higher Education Information Seeking Library Education Online Searching Users (Information)
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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