Information Behaviors of Academic Researchers in the Internet Era: An Interdisciplinary & Cross-cultural Study

Wang, Peiling (2006) Information Behaviors of Academic Researchers in the Internet Era: An Interdisciplinary & Cross-cultural Study. In Proceedings 1st International Scientific Conference eRA: The Information Technology to Science, Economy, Society & Education (Cultural Center of Tripoli, Greece, 16-17 September 2006), pages pp. 1-8, Cultural Center of Tripoli, Greece.

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Abstract

This paper reports on part of a study of academic researchers' use of Internet information and communication technologies (IICTs) to support information-seeking activities. The goal of this research is to gain insight into disciplinary and cultural differences of information seeking in the Internet Era. The project is ongoing to include more participants from different cultures.

EPrint Type:	Conference Paper
Subjects:	World Wide Web Scholarly Communication Internet Interdisciplinarity Information Seeking Behaviors User Studies Qualitative Research
ID Code:	1664
Deposited On:	21 November 2006
Alternative Locations:	http://web.utk.edu/~peilingw/pub/eRA_PeilingWang.pdf
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