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Author
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Xi Niu and Bradley M. Hemminger, Cory Lown, Stephanie Adams, Cecelia Brown, Allison Level and Merinda McLure, Audrey Powers, Michele R. Tennant, Tara Cataldo
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Year
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2009
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Publisher
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 61(5):869–890, 2010
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Abstract
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As new technologies and information delivery systems emerge, the way in which individuals search for information to support research, teaching, and creative activities is changing. To understand different aspects of researchers’ information-seeking behavior, this article surveyed 2,063 academic researchers in natural science, engineering, and medical science from five research universities in the United States. A Web-based, in-depth questionnaire was designed to quantify researchers’ information searching, information use, and information storage behaviors. Descriptive statistics are reported.