An investigation of the search behaviour associated with Ingwersen’s three types of information needs

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An investigation of the search behaviour associated with Ingwersen’s three types of information needs. / Borlund, Pia; Dreier, Sabine .

In: Information Processing & Management, Vol. 50, No. 4, 02.04.2014, p. 493-507.

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Borlund, P & Dreier, S 2014, 'An investigation of the search behaviour associated with Ingwersen’s three types of information needs', Information Processing & Management, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 493-507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2014.03.001

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Borlund, P., & Dreier, S. (2014). An investigation of the search behaviour associated with Ingwersen’s three types of information needs. Information Processing & Management, 50(4), 493-507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2014.03.001

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Borlund P, Dreier S. An investigation of the search behaviour associated with Ingwersen’s three types of information needs. Information Processing & Management. 2014 Apr 2;50(4):493-507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2014.03.001

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Borlund, Pia ; Dreier, Sabine . / An investigation of the search behaviour associated with Ingwersen’s three types of information needs. In: Information Processing & Management. 2014 ; Vol. 50, No. 4. pp. 493-507.

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