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ERIC Number: EJ513754
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0740-8188
Everyday Life Information Seeking: Approaching Information Seeking in the Context of "Way of Life."
Savolainen, Reijo
Library & Information Science Research, v17 n3 p259-94 Sum 1995
Discusses everyday life information seeking (ELIS) and compares the seeking of orienting information versus practical information. Offers a framework for studying ELIS and presents results of testing the framework via interviews with teachers and workers as seekers of information using electronic and printed media. (JMV)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Daily Living Skills, Electronic Equipment, Employees, Information Seeking, Interviews, Printed Materials, Teachers
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Frameworks; Orienting Information; Practical Knowledge