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Adolescents' clothing motives and store selection criteria
Chen‐Yu, Jessie H.; Hong, Keum‐Hee; Seock, Yoo‐Kyoung - In: Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: An … 14 (2010) 1, pp. 127-144
on store selection criteria. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 307 US students and 297 SK students participated in …
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Factors determining child mortality in Uganda
Kaberuka, Will; Mugarura, Alex; Tindyebwa, Javan; … - In: International Journal of Social Economics 44 (2017) 5, pp. 633-642
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish socio-economic factors and maternal practices that determine child mortality in Uganda. Design/methodology/approach The paper examines the role of sex, birth weight, birth order and duration of breastfeeding of a child; age, marital status and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014807577
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Fast surfing, broad scanning and deep diving
Heinström, Jannica - In: Journal of Documentation 61 (2005) 2, pp. 228-247
approaches to studying, and a questionnaire regarding information behavior. A total of 305 university students who were in the … students with a deep and strategic study approach. Research limitations/implications – The results are based on descriptions of …
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Students' search process and outcome in Medline in writing an essay for a class on evidence‐based medicine
Huuskonen, Saila; Vakkari, Pertti - In: Journal of Documentation 64 (2008) 2, pp. 287-303
Purpose – The aim of this study is to explore to which extent searching by medical students in Medline produces … information items useful for writing an essay measured by precision and relative recall as perceived by the students, the … third year medical students attending a class on Diagnostic and therapy. Searching in Medline was a part of their assignment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014853307
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Student digital information‐seeking behaviour in context
Nicholas, David; Huntington, Paul; Jamali, Hamid R.; … - In: Journal of Documentation 65 (2009) 1, pp. 106-132
Purpose – This study provides evidence on the actual information‐seeking behaviour of students in a digital scholarly … information‐seeking behaviour associated with students and differences between them and other members of the academic community …. For example, students constituted the biggest users in terms of sessions and pages viewed, and they were more likely to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014853358
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An empirical study of the information‐seeking behavior of practicing visual artists
Hemmig, William - In: Journal of Documentation 65 (2009) 4, pp. 682-703
focused largely on art students, art faculty and librarians, although an untested model does emerge. The aim of this paper is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014853393
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Information sharing as a means to reach collective understanding
Pilerot, Ola; Limberg, Louise - In: Journal of Documentation 67 (2011) 2, pp. 312-333
Purpose – This study aims to increase knowledge about the information‐sharing activities of design research scholars. Design/methodology/approach – Semi‐structured in‐depth interviews were carried out with selected participants from a Nordic design research network. The interview...
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Debating credibility: the shaping of information literacies in upper secondary school
Francke, Helena; Sundin, Olof; Limberg, Louise - In: Journal of Documentation 67 (2011) 4, pp. 675-694
contradictory cultures of print and digital. The aim of the paper is to provide a better understanding of the ways in which students … provides increased empirically based understanding of students' information literacy practices. Four non‐exclusive approaches …
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Profiling information behaviour of nursing students: part 1: quantitative findings
Stokes, Peter; Urquhart, Christine - In: Journal of Documentation 67 (2011) 6, pp. 908-932
Purpose – The aim of this paper is to profile the information seeking behaviour of nursing students, according to … learning style, personality and self‐efficacy in information literacy. Such profiles should help students to reflect on their … administered to nursing students ( n =261, response rate 74 per cent, 194/261) at one UK university. Findings – Neither information …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014853515
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Spanning information behaviour across the stages of a learning task
Heinström, Jannica; Sormunen, Eero; Kaunisto-Laine, Sarita - In: Journal of Documentation 70 (2014) 6, pp. 1076-1097
and negative emotionality) and approach to studying (deep, strategic and surface) on students’ learning …-related information behaviour in inquiry tasks. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 219 senior high school students … with the use of three questionnaires. Findings – The findings showed that students’ individual traits influenced different …
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