| Description |
1 online resource (359 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
One hundred years of car buying / William Aspray -- Informed giving : information on philanthropy in everyday life / Barbara M. Hayes -- Airline travel : a history of information-seeking behavior by leisure and business passengers / Rachel D. Little, Cecelia D. Williams, and Jeffrey R. Yost -- Genealogy as a hobby / James W. Cortada -- Sports fans and their information-gathering habits : how media technologies have brought fans closer to their teams over time / Jameson Otto, Sara Metz, and Nathan Ensmenger -- Information in the hobby of gourmet cooking : four contexts / Jenna Hartel -- The transformation of public information in the United States / Gary Chapman and Angela Newell -- Active readership : the case of the American comics reader / George Royer, Beth Nettels, and William Aspray -- Information exchange and relationship maintenance among American youth : the case of text messaging / Arturo Longoria, Gesse Stark-Smith, and Barbara M. Hayes. |
| Summary |
An intimate, everyday perspective on information-seeking behavior, reaching into the social context of American history and American homes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Information behavior -- United States -- Case studies.
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Information behavior. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Information society -- United States -- History -- Case studies.
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Information society. |
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History. |
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Human information processing -- History -- Case studies.
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Human information processing. |
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Information retrieval -- United States -- History -- Case studies.
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Information retrieval. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Aspray, William.
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Hayes, Barbara M., 1955-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Everyday information. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011 0262015013 (DLC) 2010020602 (OCoLC)631747597 |
| ISBN |
9780262295734 (electronic book) |
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0262295733 (electronic book) |
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1283119196 |
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9781283119191 |
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0262015013 |
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9780262015011 |
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026251561X |
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9780262515610 |
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