Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to present an investigation of the extent to which
electronic resources are utilized in higher education in Australia. It seeks to explore the …

Abstract “Information behavior” is the currently preferred term used to describe the many
ways in which human beings interact with information, in particular, the ways in which …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of quantitative and
qualitative analysis of the usage of e‐resources in academic libraries. It also describes …

Although M endeley bookmarking counts appear to correlate moderately with conventional
citation metrics, it is not known whether academic publications are bookmarked in M …

Scholarly work argues that mobile technology facilitates serendipitous news consumption.
This article examines how users understand serendipity in mobile news consumption and …

Purpose–This study provides evidence on the actual information‐seeking behaviour of
students in a digital scholarly environment, not what they thought they did. It also compares …

This project investigated how academic users search for information on their real-life
research tasks. This article presents the findings of the first of two studies. The study data …

Aiming at ensuring that everyone obtains the rich rewards available in today's information-
centred society, this book seeks to provide a systematic method for the understanding …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the use patterns of scholarly e-journals
by academics for teaching, research and keeping themselves up-to-date. The study also …

Search engines have become the most important medium for Internet users to find pages on
the web. They help customers to decrease their information overload, and enhance the …