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Information seeking behaviors of new immigrants

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2018
ABSTRACT This poster presents preliminary findings from a study focused on information seeking behaviors and everyday information practices of new immigrants who have settled in the Denver, Colorado metro area. Language was used as an inclusion criterion to recruit immigrants from three linguistic communities (Amharic speaking ...
Shimelis G. Assefa, Krystyna K. Matusiak
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Self- and surrogate-seeking of information about mental health and illness in Germany

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Seeking information on mental health issues – both for oneself and on behalf of others (so-called surrogate-seeking) – is a critical early step in dealing with mental illness and known to impede stigmatizing attitudes and foster help-seeking ...
Anna Freytag, Eva Baumann, Matthias Angermeyer, Georg Schomerus   +3 more
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The impact of individual factors on health information-seeking behavior of infertile couples undergoing assisted reproductive technologies: Longo model

Advanced Biomedical Research, 2023
Background: This study investigated the impact of individual factors on the Health information-seeking behavior (HISB) of infertile couples undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART).
Nader Alishan Karami, Masoomeh Latifi, Nilofar Berahmand, Fatemeh Eini, Mohammed N Al-Suqri   +4 more
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Italian Wikipedia and epilepsy: an infodemiological study of online information-seeking behavior [PDF]

, 2018
Wikipedia is the most commonly accessed source of health information by both healthcare professionals and the lay public worldwide. We aimed to evaluate information-seeking behavior of Internet users searching the Italian Wikipedia for articles related ...
Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi, Brigo, Francesco, Galimberti, Carlo Andrea, Giussani, Giorgia, Lattanzi, Simona, Mecarelli, Oriano, Nardone, Raffaele, Pietrafusa, Nicola, Tassi, Laura   +8 more
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Information Seeking Behavior of Pakistani Newspaper Journalists

Pakistan Journal of Information Management & Libraries, 2016
This study, a replication of the one done in Kuwait, investigated the information seeking behavior of print journalists in Lahore, Pakistan, using a self-administered questionnaire.
Mumtaz A. Anwar, Muhammad Asghar
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Conversations with chemists: information seeking behavior of chemistry faculty in the electronic age. [PDF]

, 2002
This manuscript is a final draft of the article as submitted to the Haworth journal Science and Technology Libraries in December 2002. Due to editorial error, Haworth published an earlier draft of this paper instead of the final draft.
Flaxbart, David
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The Search for Invariance: Repeated Positive Testing Serves the Goals of Causal Learning [PDF]

, 2020
Positive testing is characteristic of exploratory behavior, yet it seems to be at odds with the aim of information seeking. After all, repeated demonstrations of one’s current hypothesis often produce the same evidence and fail to distinguish it from ...
A Coenen, A Gopnik, A Gopnik, A Gopnik, A Gopnik, A Karmiloff-Smith, AM Johnston, B Inhelder, B Schwartz, B Sodian, B Weslake, C Cook, C Hitchcock, C Zimmerman, C Zimmerman, C Zimmerman, CM Walker, CRM McKenzie, D Klahr, D Klahr, D Klahr, D Kuhn, D Kuhn, D Kuhn, D Lewis, DD Tukey, DJ Navarro, EB Bonawitz, GD Heyman, GL Wells, HJ Einhorn, J Baron, J Friedrich, J Klayman, J Woodward, J Woodward, J Woodward, J Woodward, JE Tschirgi, JJ Gibson, JL Mackie, JR Saffran, K Dunbar, KS Kendler, L Schauble, L Schauble, L Schauble, M Friedman, M Oaksford, M Redhead, M Strevens, ME Gorman, MJ Mahoney, N Valanides, N Vasilyeva, NE Wetherick, P Kitcher, P Ylikoski, PC Wason, PC Wason, PC Wason, PC Wason, PG Devine, PN Johnson-Laird, R Vogel, R Wu, RB Skov, RD Tweney, RS Nickerson, RS Siegler, S Carey, S Carey, S Croker, SA Gelman, SA Siler, SA Sloman, SA Sloman, SA Sloman, SC Yang, T Blanchard, T Gerstenberg, T Lombrozo, TF Icard, TJP Schijndel van   +83 more
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Information-Seeking Behavior and Its Associated Factors Among Patients with Diabetes in a Resource-Limited Country: A Cross-Sectional Study

Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 2021
Muluken Mengiste,1 Mohammedjud Hassen Ahmed,1 Adina Bogale,2 Tesfahun Yilma2 1Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, Mettu University, Metu Zuria, Ethiopia; 2Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, University ...
Mengiste M, Ahmed MH, Bogale A, Yilma T
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Using a Multiple-Case Studies Design to Investigate the Information-Seeking Behavior of Arts Administrators [PDF]

, 2006
The case study method, and in particular the multiple???case studies design, offers LIS researchers a proven tool for achieving a deep understanding of a specific phenomenon???-for example, the information- seeking behavior of a particular user group.
Zach, Lisl
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Predictive Factors for Online Health Information-Seeking Behavior among Adults in the Russian Federation

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2022
Background: The internet is fast becoming one of the key instruments for seeking health-related information. This study aimed to investigate factors associated with internet use for health information among adults in the Russian Federation and to ...
Nikita Valerevich Polukhin, Natalia Vladimirovna Ekkert   +1 more
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