Revisiting user studies and information needs

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to respond to Bawden's review of Wilson's 1981 paper, "On user studies and information needs".Design methodology approach - The paper reflects on the context of the original paper, and on subsequent developments.Findings - The paper comments...

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Published in:Journal of documentation 2006-11, Vol.62 (6), p.680-684
Main Author: Wilson, T.D.
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Academic Achievement
Action research
Behavior
Departments
Doctoral Degrees
Doctoral Students
End users
Information literacy
Information Needs
Information Retrieval
Information science
Information Seeking
Information seeking behavior
Information seeking behaviour
Libraries
Library science
Pilot Projects
Research Methodology
Science
Science Activities
Science Projects
Self Efficacy
Social Services
Success
Teaching Methods
Universities
Use Studies
User needs
User studies
User surveys
Users (Information)
Wilson, Tom
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subjects Academic Achievement
Action research
Behavior
Departments
Doctoral Degrees
Doctoral Students
End users
Information literacy
Information Needs
Information Retrieval
Information science
Information Seeking
Information seeking behavior
Information seeking behaviour
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Library science
Pilot Projects
Research Methodology
Science
Science Activities
Science Projects
Self Efficacy
Social Services
Success
Teaching Methods
Universities
Use Studies
User needs
User studies
User surveys
Users (Information)
Wilson, Tom
title Revisiting user studies and information needs
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