Information seeking behavior: what should a general theory look like

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Information seeking behavior : what should a general theory look like. / Hjørland, Birger.

In: New Review of Information Behaviour Research, Vol. 1, 2000, p. 19-33.

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Hjørland, B 2000, 'Information seeking behavior: what should a general theory look like', New Review of Information Behaviour Research, vol. 1, pp. 19-33.

APA

Hjørland, B. (2000). Information seeking behavior: what should a general theory look like. New Review of Information Behaviour Research, 1, 19-33.

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Hjørland B. Information seeking behavior: what should a general theory look like. New Review of Information Behaviour Research. 2000;1:19-33.

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Hjørland, Birger. / Information seeking behavior : what should a general theory look like. In: New Review of Information Behaviour Research. 2000 ; Vol. 1. pp. 19-33.

Bibtex

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