## Abstract Context is one of the most important concepts in information seeking and retrieval research. However, the challenges of studying context are great; thus, it is more common for researchers to use context as a post hoc explanatory factor, rather than as a concept that drives inquiry. The
Information Seeking and Finding
โ Scribed by Yung-Rang Cheng; Debora Shaw
- Publisher
- American Society for Information Science and Technology
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 338 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0095-4403
- DOI
- 10.1002/bult.114
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