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Direct linkPatterson, Liane; Martzoukou, Konstantina – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2012
The present study investigated the processes information professionals, working in a business environment, follow to meet business clients' information needs and particularly their involvement in information synthesis and analysis practices. A combination of qualitative and quantitative data was collected via a survey of 98 information…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Seeking, Information Scientists, Internet
Lu, Chi-Jung – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Frequently interacting with other people or working in an information-rich environment can foster the "accidental discovery of information" (ADI) (Erdelez, 2000; McCay-Peet & Toms, 2010). With the increasing adoption of social web technologies, online user-participation communities and user-generated content have provided users the…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Information Seeking, Web 2.0 Technologies, Internet
Harrison, Laurie R. – 1978
This paper reviews the reasons that led to the Congressional mandate in 1976 for a national study of sex discrimination and stereotyping in vocational education and of the progress being made to reduce existing inequities and discusses the goals and methodology of the study, which is presently being conducted. First, in an introduction to the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Information Needs, Interviews
Download full textde Bruin, A., Ed.; And Others – 1996
This book describes the background, discussions, proceedings, and prospects of three consultations held by the Statistics Netherlands office under the aegis of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. The overall goal of the consultations is to facilitate the development of common methods and instruments for health interview…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Health Education
Peer reviewedBrember, V. L.; Leggate, P. – Journal of Documentation, 1985
Reports intensive survey of medical library users in Oxford teaching hospitals and university science departments that employed six survey techniques (interview, questionnaire, feedback form, direct observation, reference-tracing experiment, library record analysis). Three distinct user types (practitioner, researcher, practitioner-researcher)…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Interviews
Steketee, Drew – 1979
The Consumer Information Center is a federal program which encourages federal agencies to develop and release consumer information to the public. It also promotes consumer awareness and access to information through the "Consumer Information Catalog" and a mail order distribution operation. Through research, the Center can learn the…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demography
Jurado, Eugene A.; Wolff, Warren W. – 1982
A study examined the feasibility of adding employer-generated job titles to the North Carolina Unemployment Insurance Individual Wage Record as a means to providing a more comprehensive source of occupational data than has been possible with currently operating federal and state systems. During the study, researchers conducted structured…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Employment Projections, Feasibility Studies, Information Needs
GOODMAN, ARNOLD F.; AND OTHERS – 1966
IN PHASE II OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) SURVEY TO FIND OUT HOW SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS IN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES ACQUIRE INFORMATION, SCIENTIFIC PERSONNEL IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY WERE INTERVIEWED TO DETERMINE THEIR INFORMATION NEEDS AND THE FLOW OF INFORMATION INHERENT IN SATISFYING THESE…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Programs, Correlation, Data Collection
Simcoe, Annell L. – 1979
A study was conducted to identify barriers that have prevented large numbers of disadvantaged youth from attaining access to vocational education and to identify specific program elements associated with successful recruitment and vocational training of the educationally disadvantaged. Two modes of data collection were employed: (1) a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrators, Admission Criteria, Admission (School)
