The development of children's Web searching skills - a non-linear model by Ann-Britt Enochsson

“…In this case the respondents have also commented upon the result.The students regard six different skills as fundamental: language, knowledge about the technology, knowledge about different ways of information seeking, how search engines work, setting goals and being critical.…”
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Ubiquitous but invisible – public librarians’ self-imposed professional information practices as articulation work by Ola Pilerot, Jenny Lindberg

“…The analysis shows how information seeking and use constitute a fundamental part of the work but also plays a significant role in the library's efforts towards direction and development. …”
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OTT Enchantment: Decoding the Secret of Millennial’s Subscription Intentions by Deepti Sinha, Sachin Sinha, Nidhi Phutela, Priya Grover

“…Results also indicated that factors like convenient navigation, information seeking, and binge- watching impacted respondents’ attitudes towards purchasing OTT subscriptions. …”
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The information use environment of abused and neglected children by J.A. Hersberger, A.L. Murray, S.MA. Sokoloff

“…The problems experienced by children, which are linked to information seeking, are articulated as are problem resolutions. …”
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Media credibility and cognitive authority. The case of seeking orienting information by Reijo Savolainen

“…</b> This article results from a qualitative case study focusing on the information seeking practices of environmental activists. …”
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Information activities and resources in an episode of gourmet cooking by J. Hartel

“…</b> This paper contributes to what is known about everyday life information seeking within serious leisure. It is the first case study of a making and tinkering (or craft) hobby, gourmet cooking. …”
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From ‘Humiliation’ to Radical Beliefs: Navigating political subjectivities and ideological shifts in trajectories of radicalization. by Wagner Guilherme Alves da Silva

“…The article explores the dynamics between social inclusion, information-seeking, and the legitimization of identity, emphasizing the importance of situational discomfort in constructing the ethnographic project. …”
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Responses and influences: a model of online information use for learning by Hilary Hughes

“…This model draw insight from models of information behaviour and information seeking (Wilson, Foster, Kuhlthau), information literacy (Bruce), cross-cultural adaptation (Anderson), reflective online use (Hughes, Bruce and Edwards). …”
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Comparison of accessibility and usability of digital libraries in mobile platforms: blind and visually impaired users’ assessment by Iris Xie, Tae Hee Lee, Hyun Seung Lee, Shengang Wang, Rakesh Babu

“…Furthermore, the design problems of Mobile Web are associated with a responsive design that adjusts the digital library interface to a mobile device, the complexity of digital library structure and formats, and a sight-centred design that excludes blind and visually impaired users’ unique information-seeking behaviours.  Conclusion. Mobile platforms of digital libraries, especially mobile web, need to improve their designs. …”
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The reading practices of people with neuropsychiatric disabilities: a review of library and information science literature by Katarina Hagberg, Karin Lundin, Anna Lundh, Åse Hedemark

“…Utilising content analysis, the examined articles were deductively and inductively categorised according to the following themes: impairment, user group and context, research design, assistive technologies for reading, reading for information seeking, reading for evaluation, and reading, self-efficacy and identity. …”
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Attitudes and preferences toward the adoption of voice-controlled intelligent personal assistants: Evidence from Croatia by Antun Biloš, Bruno Budimir, Borna Kraljević

“…IPA users tend to use such devices for fun and convenience, utilizing its hands-free capabilities along with personalized tasks and information-seeking options. In contrast, IPA non-users suggested that the main barriers to IPA adoption were low perceived usefulness and functionality issues in addition to lack of usage habit and related lack of experience. …”
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Isolated, individualised, and immobilised: information behaviour in the context of academic casualisation by Rebekah Willson, Owen Stewart-Robertson, Heidi Julien, Lisa M. Given

“…Interview data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis, drawing on everyday life information seeking and information marginalisation theories. …”
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The informational “cosplay journey” of Star Wars cosplayers in the context of a Facebook group by Emily Vardell, Paul Thomas, Ting Wang

“…This study used participant observation and semi-structured interviews to investigate information behaviours, including information seeking, organization, use, and sharing, of seventeen members in the Rey Cosplay Community with a purposive sampling strategy. …”
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The role of emotional styles in information avoidance regarding negative news by Mahsa Torabi, Hiwa Khezri, Samaneh Torabi

“…This research underscores the importance of considering emotional dispositions in information-seeking behaviours, contributing to the broader theoretical framework of emotional regulation. …”
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Students seeking information for their Master's thesis - the effect of the Internet by Paulina Junni

“…One of the main problems that students reported was a lack of training in information seeking, and the abundance of irrelevant information on the Internet. …”
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Trust and Media: Reflection of the Big Five Factor Personality Traits on COVID-19 Pandemic Communication by İnanç Alikılıç, Özlem Alikılıç, Ebru Gökaliler

“…This quantitative study, firstly aims to investigate the information-seeking behavior of the Turkish public in relation to their perceptions of COVID-19 and the impact of messages received from the media. …”
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eHealth Literacy and Cyberchondria Severity Among Undergraduate Students: Mixed Methods Study by Wan -Chen Hsu

“…Additionally, we recruited 9 volunteers who scored more than 1 SD above the mean for in-depth interviews on their web-based health information–seeking behaviors. ResultsSignificant differences were found across the 4 dimensions of cyberchondria severity (F3,2403PrPPP ConclusionsThe study identified both benefits and risks in college students’ use of web-based health information, emphasizing the importance of critical consciousness and eHealth literacy. …”
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Determinants of Primary School Teachers’ Health Literacy in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania: A Reflection on Access to Health Information by David M. Mshingo, Mikidadi I. Muhanga, Raymond J. Salanga, Edwin E. Ngowi

“…This article analyses the determinants of primary school teachers’ HL by analyzing what prompts their health information-seeking patterns. Methods. A cross-sectional research involving 189 randomly sampled primary school teachers was conducted in 2021 in Morogoro Municipality whereby data were collected through a structured questionnaire survey and analyzed using IBM-SPSS. …”
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The Effect of Information Level and Coping Style on Pain and Anxiety in Needle Liver Biopsy by Nir Hilzenrat, Rose Yesovitch, Ian Shrier, Maria Stavrakis, Marc Deschênes

“…Subjects also filled out the Krantz Health Opinion Survey, a short questionnaire used to classify coping styles as either information-seeking or information-avoiding. Seventy-five subjects (38 control and 37 experimental) with similar demographics were included in the present study. …”
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Navigating vaccination in pregnancy: Qualitative study in 21 ethnically diverse pregnant women. by Mohammad S Razai, Michael Ussher, Lucy Goldsmith, Sally Hargreaves, Pippa Oakeshott

“…The interviews focused on participants' views on vaccination during pregnancy, participation in vaccine trials, information-seeking behaviours, and attitudes to emerging technologies for health information. …”
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