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Internet apprehensiveness
Susskind, Alex M.; Stefanone, Michael A. - In: Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology 1 (2010) 1, pp. 5-29
Purpose – A model of the relationships between individuals' perceptions of internet use and internet usage behaviors is … is positively related to individuals' general resistance to use the internet as a communication information exchange … medium, termed general internet apprehensiveness (GIA). Perceptions of GIA are negatively associated with on‐line information …
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Undergraduate students' interaction with online information resources in their academic tasks
He, Daqing; Wu, Dan; Yue, Zhen; Fu, Anna; Thien Vo, Kim - In: Aslib Proceedings 64 (2012) 6, pp. 615-640
Purpose – This paper aims to identify the opinions of undergraduate students on the importance of internet …
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Scholarly and professional journals in the digital environment
Nicholas, D. - In: Strategic Direction 27 (2011) 4
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The National Biological Information Infrastructure: coming of age
Cotter, Gladys; Frame, Mike; Sepic, Ron; Zolly, Lisa - In: Online Information Review 24 (2000) 6, pp. 429-438
Coordinated by the US Geological Survey, the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a Web‐based system that provides increased access to data and information on the nation’s biological resources. The NBII can be viewed from a variety of perspectives. This article – an...
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Sections, categories and keywords as interest specification tools for personalised news services
Díaz, Alberto; Gervás, Pablo; García, Antonio; … - In: Online Information Review 25 (2001) 3, pp. 149-160
Through an evaluation of system performance and user satisfaction for the Mercurio system, considers the general applicability and usefulness of different methods of specifying user interest for the general case of digital news services. Outlines the specific characteristics distinguishing such...
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Antecedents of internet acceptance and use as an information source by tourists
Castañeda, J. Alberto; Frías, Dolores M.; Rodríguez, … - In: Online Information Review 33 (2009) 3, pp. 548-567
the internet as a tourism information source. In the tourism sector, the internet is a medium of growing importance …. Nonetheless, very few studies have researched the antecedents of internet acceptance and use by tourists. Design … the roles of usefulness and ease of use as drivers of the acceptance of the internet as an information source by the …
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Analysis of keyword‐based tagging behaviors of experts and novices
Tsai, Li‐Chen; Hwang, Sheue‐Ling; Tang, Kuo‐Hao - In: Online Information Review 35 (2011) 2, pp. 272-290
Purpose – Expert and novice readers tag documents with different descriptions; this study is intended to discover which readers would generate the most reliable and most representative sets of tags. Design/methodology/approach – One group of experts and one group of novices were recruited....
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An evaluation of help mechanisms in natural language information retrieval systems
Kreymer, Oleg - In: Online Information Review 26 (2002) 1, pp. 30-39
The field of natural language processing (NLP) demonstrates rapid changes in the design of information retrieval systems and human‐computer interaction. While natural language is being looked on as the most effective tool for information retrieval in a contemporary information environment, the...
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The JISC User Behaviour Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
Banwell, Linda; Ray, Kathryn; Coulson, Graham; … - In: Journal of Documentation 60 (2004) 3, pp. 302-320
Describes key aspects of the methodology and outcomes of the JISC User Behaviour Monitoring and Evaluation Framework in its first three annual cycles (1999‐2002). The Framework was initiated to assure the JISC that their investment in digital content and network infrastructure facilitates use...
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User‐defined relevance criteria in web searching
Savolainen, Reijo; Kari, Jarkko - In: Journal of Documentation 62 (2006) 6, pp. 685-707
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to specify user‐defined relevance criteria by which people select hyperlinks and pages in web searching. Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative and qualitative analysis was undertaken of talking aloud data from nine web searches conducted about...
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