The Effect of Personal, Professional, and Psychological Attributes, and Information Seeking Behavior on the Use of Information Sources by Educators.

Summers, Edward G.; And Others

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The Effect of Personal, Professional, and Psychological Attributes, and Information Seeking Behavior on the Use of Information Sources by Educators.

Summers, Edward G.; And Others

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v34 n1 p75-85 Jan 1983

Findings from survey of information needs and habits of educational practitioners reveal that position, dissemination, and attitude are strong predictors of information use, education a moderate predictor. Information sources clustered into three factors: close at hand traditional sources, less accessible print sources, and organized interpersonal sources. Sixteen references are included. (EJS)

Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Information Seeking, Information Sources, Information Utilization, Questionnaires, Surveys, Tables (Data), Teachers

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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