Coping with Information Load: User Strategies and Implications for Librarians.

Rudd, Joel; Rudd, Mary Jo

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Publication Date: 1986

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Coping with Information Load: User Strategies and Implications for Librarians.

Rudd, Joel; Rudd, Mary Jo

College and Research Libraries, v47 n4 p315-22 Jul 1986

Describes important techniques by which library users avoid information overload, clarifies the terminology in the information overload literature, and reviews the major findings of this literature in the context of library applications. Implications for users and librarians are discussed. (CDD)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cognitive Processes, Databases, Definitions, Higher Education, Information Scientists, Information Seeking, Information Utilization, Librarians, Library Collections, Library Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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