A Cognitive Model of Document Use during a Research Project. Study I. Document Selection.

Wang, Peiling; Soergel, Dagobert

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ERIC Number: EJ564247

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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A Cognitive Model of Document Use during a Research Project. Study I. Document Selection.

Wang, Peiling; Soergel, Dagobert

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v49 n2 p115-33 Feb 1998

Proposes a model of document selection by real users of a bibliographic retrieval system. Reports on Part I of a longitudinal study of decision making on document use by academics (25 faculty and graduate students in Agricultural Economics). Examines what components are relevant to the users' decisions and what cognitive process may have occurred during the selection. (AEF)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Faculty, Decision Making, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Online Catalogs, Research Methodology, User Needs (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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