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Use of Mobile Apps in Information Seeking: An International Viewpoint
Abstract
Due to global advances in mobile technology, smartphones have become a regular personal electronic device in daily life. The mobile devices and their supporting software applications promise of on‐the‐go information‐seeking convenience are now backed by more robust industry infrastructure, sophisticated built input devices, and hundreds of thousands of downloadable applications. Research has focused on the use of these handheld devices/applications in mobile situations.
Recommended Citation
Chen, H., Fulton, C., Gleave, H., Theng, Y., & Wu, M. (2013). Use of Mobile Apps in Information Seeking: An International Viewpoint. Proceedings of the 76th ASIS&T Annual Meeting (2013, Montreal, QC, Canada), 50(1) John Wiley & Sons Inc..
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1002/meet.14505001004
Meeting Name
76th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2013 ASIS&T (2013: Nov. 1-6, Montreal, QC, Canada)
Department(s)
Library and Learning Resources
Keywords and Phrases
Mobile Apps; Information seeking; Use study; User studies; Research methods
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0044-7870; 1550-8390
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2013 John Wiley & Sons Inc., All rights reserved.
