What Is Used during Cognitive Processing in Information Retrieval and Library Searching? Eleven Sources of Search Information.

Michel, Dee Andy

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Publication Date: 1994

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What Is Used during Cognitive Processing in Information Retrieval and Library Searching? Eleven Sources of Search Information.

Michel, Dee Andy

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v45 n7 p498-514 Aug 1994

Presents a taxonomy of 11 sources of information used during library and database searching based on observations of 49 searches in a variety of libraries and search situations. Three categories of sources are identified: those internal to the searcher, those created by the searcher, and those external to the searcher. (Contains 54 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Sources, Literature Reviews, Models, Prior Learning, Public Libraries, Research Needs, Search Strategies, Subject Index Terms, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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