...Amara Malik; Talat Islam; Khalid Mahmood; Alia Arshad Purpose Social media have been playing a critical role in seeking and sharing health related information and consequently shaping individuals’ health behaviors. This study investigates how information seeking about Covid-19 vaccine on social...

... re-use rights only Response quantity Linguistic characteristics Academic questions Academic social Q&A Information seeking Information communication Social media platforms are frequently used to acquire knowledge, find solutions to problems and share opinions. Academic social...

... with information in ways that differ from other age groups. With specific reference to hedonic engagement by preadolescents, the authors built a two-fold model to describe the information-seeking behaviors of preadolescents from the perspective of marketing strategies. The study findings indicate that librarians...

...Annika Rantala; Heidi Enwald; Sandy Zinn Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine differences of health information seeking among Finnish and South African university students. The focus is on weight management and on how students utilise various internet sources. Design/methodology...

...Ina Fourie Purpose The purpose of this contribution is to encourage library and information (LIS) professionals to draw on the initiatives by Carol Kuhlthau to align information seeking with learning theories and new roles for intermediaries. Considering the vast array of developments...

... SERP rankings. Public libraries Academic libraries Content findability Search engine optimization Social media optimization Information seeking Information retrieval Canada SEO practitioners could be regarded as elements within the IS&R system, but they are elements whose...

...Ina Fourie Purpose This paper aims to explore the potential of personal information management (PIM) and reference management. The contribution focuses on collaboration: the issues that need to be addressed in planning, the human component in collaborative information seeking, and issues...