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Information needs

Known as: Information need, User need, User needs 
The concept Information need is seldom, if ever, mentioned in the general literature about needs, but is a common term in the literature of… 
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2013
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2013
Advances in Remote Sensing of Agriculture: Context Description, Existing Operational Monitoring Systems and Major Information Needs
Many remote sensing applications are devoted to the agricultural sector. Representative case studies are presented in the special… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Addressing climate information needs at the regional level: the CORDEX framework
The need for climate change information at the regional-to-local scale is one of the central issues within the global change… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
A diary study of mobile information needs
Being mobile influences not only the types of information people seek but also the ways they attempt to access it. Mobile… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Information Needs in Collocated Software Development Teams
Previous research has documented the fragmented nature of software development work. To explain this in more detail, we analyzed… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
What is enough? Satisficing information needs
Purpose – This paper seeks to understand how users know when to stop searching for more information when the information space is… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
On user studies and information needs
Apart from information retrieval there is virtually no other area of information science that has occasioned as much research… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
User needs for location-aware mobile services
  • E. Kaasinen
  • Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
  • 2003
  • Corpus ID: 1786019
Abstract Mobile contexts of use vary a lot, and may even be continuously changing during use. The context is much more than… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The economic effects of harmful algal blooms in the United States: Estimates, assessment issues, and information needs
During the last several decades, harmful algal bloom (HAB) events have been observed in more locations than ever before… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Using information scent to model user information needs and actions and the Web
On the Web, users typically forage for information by navigating from page to page along Web links. Their surfing patterns or… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Information needs and uses.
Etude de synthese sur les besoins d'information et les utilisateurs, menee a partir d'une revue de la litterature parue depuis… 
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