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What is Information Searching

Chapter 389
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
A process, which people undertake to locate or retrieve specific information to meet an information need, typically, but not always with the aid of a search engine or other information retrieval system.
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The Changing Nature of Information Behaviour
Jennifer Rowley (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch389
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