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… (More)
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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… (More)
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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… (More)
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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… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
User needs for location-aware mobile services
 Mobile contexts of use vary a lot, and may even be continuously changing during use. The context is much more than location, but… (More)
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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… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The ostensive model of developing information needs
We present a model of the progressive development of information needs. It is a model that recognises the changing uncertainty… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Watson: Anticipating and Contextualizing Information Needs
In this paper, we introduce a class of systems called Information Management Assistants (IMAs). IMAs automatically discover… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Information needs of physicians
Quantitative estimates of physician information need reported in the literature vary by orders of magnitude. This article offers… (More)
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Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Ask for Information Retrieval: Part I. Background and Theory
s (see 3 below). 2. The feasibility of obtaining problem statements, the possible types of problem statement, and the analysis of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
On User studies and Information Needs
Purpose – Apart from information retrieval there is virtually no other area of information science that has occasioned as much… (More)
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