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Information Seeking Behavior of Academic Scientists
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (2007)
  • Bradley M. Hemminger, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Dihui Lu
  • K.T. L. Vaughan, James Madison University
  • Stephanie J. Adams
Abstract
The information seeking behavior of academic scientists is being transformed by the availability of electronic resources for searching, retrieving, and reading scholarly materials. A census survey was conducted of academic science researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to capture their current information seeking behavior. Nine hundred two subjects (26%) completed responses to a 15-minute Web-based survey. The survey questions were designed to quantify the transition to electronic ...
Publication Date
December 1, 2007
DOI
10.1002/asi.20686
Citation Information
Bradley M. Hemminger, Dihui Lu, K.T. L. Vaughan and Stephanie J. Adams. "Information Seeking Behavior of Academic Scientists" Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Vol. 58 Iss. 14 (2007) p. 2205 - 2225
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kt_vaughan/3/