Broad exploration or precise specificity: Two basic information seeking patterns among students

@article{citeulike:809364, abstract = {This article investigates whether information seeking patterns can be related to discipline differences, study approaches, and personality traits. A quantitative study of 305 master's thesis students' information behavior found that their information seeking tended to be either exploratory or precise. Statistical analyses showed that inner traits seemed more influential than discipline characteristics on information behavior. Exploration or specificity was manifested in terms of both the level and scope of information students wished to retrieve and the way they searched for it.}, address = {Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Department of Library and Information Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901}, author = {Heinstr\"{o}m, Jannica }, citeulike-article-id = {809364}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.20432}, journal = {Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology}, keywords = {information, mit-reading, seeking, student}, number = {11}, pages = {1440--1450}, posted-at = {2006-08-21 15:40:16}, priority = {3}, title = {Broad exploration or precise specificity: Two basic information seeking patterns among students}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.20432}, volume = {57}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:809364 L3 - citeulike-article-id:809364 N2 - This article investigates whether information seeking patterns can be related to discipline differences, study approaches, and personality traits. A quantitative study of 305 master's thesis students' information behavior found that their information seeking tended to be either exploratory or precise. Statistical analyses showed that inner traits seemed more influential than discipline characteristics on information behavior. Exploration or specificity was manifested in terms of both the level and scope of information students wished to retrieve and the way they searched for it. IS - 11 JF - Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology AD - Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Department of Library and Information Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 EP - 1450 TI - Broad exploration or precise specificity: Two basic information seeking patterns among students VL - 57 SP - 1440 KW - information KW - mit-reading KW - seeking KW - student AU - Heinström, Jannica PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.20432 ER -