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Survey Of Scholarly Reading (Finland), Carol Tenopir, Lisa Christian, Elina Late
Survey Of Scholarly Reading (Finland), Carol Tenopir, Lisa Christian, Elina Late
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
An survey of academics and phd students in Finland asked respondents a series of questions based on their scholarly reading behavior. For example, how they accessed scholarly publications and where the obtained them, reading format, and numbers of publications read per month. Respondents were also asked about their social media habits.
Information Behavior In The Mobile Environment: An Overview, Ziming Liu
Information Behavior In The Mobile Environment: An Overview, Ziming Liu
School of Information Student Research Journal
As smartphones become ubiquitous, they increasingly influence the way in which students seek and use information. It is important to understand emerging information behavior as a result of wide spread use of smartphones. This paper provides an overview of information behavior in the mobile environment. Gender differences in mobile information seeking are discussed. People interact with mobile information in varied and unpredictable locations or while in transit. The mobility of information engagement is an important issue that human information theory should embrace.