Journal of Library and Information Studies (Dec 2002)

Research Trends on Information Needs and Use of Internet Users

  • Shan-Ju L. Chang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.6182/jlis.2002.17.035
Journal volume & issue
no. 17
pp. 35 – 47

Abstract

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This paper reviews the literature on Internet user studies and analyzed the empirical findings from Internet surveys, user studies of digital libraries, search behavior on search engines, usability studies of websites, etc. Based on the analysis, the author points out the trends of user studies in Library and Information Science and suggests the directions for future research. (Article content in Chinese with English abstract)

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