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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… Expand
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Information retrieval

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2018
Review
2018
Sourcing in Text Comprehension: a Review of Interventions Targeting Sourcing Skills
The process of using information about documents such as the author, genre, and date of publication while evaluating and… Expand
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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… Expand
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Understanding the intent behind mobile information needs
Mobile phones are becoming increasingly popular as a means of information access while on-the-go. Mobile users are likely to be… Expand
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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… Expand
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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… Expand
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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… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
On user studies and information needs
  • T. Wilson
  • J. Documentation
  • 2006
    • Corpus ID: 14390097
Apart from information retrieval there is virtually no other area of information science that has occasioned as much research… Expand
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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… Expand
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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… Expand
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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… Expand
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