Emran Ghorbani; HamidReza Mahmoodi; Ebrahim Zarei; Mohammad Hassanzadeh; Majid Bashirzadeh; Nazila Mehrabi
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ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to determine the interaction of researchers with online information resources and provide solutions to increase the quality of information retrieval.MethodologyIn terms of purpose, the present study is a fundamental research that falls into the category of content ...
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ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to determine the interaction of researchers with online information resources and provide solutions to increase the quality of information retrieval.MethodologyIn terms of purpose, the present study is a fundamental research that falls into the category of content analysis research and is based on the underlying theory of Strauss and Corbin (1998) and has been done using Max QDA software. This research is one of the library researches that has used field techniques in terms of data collection method.15 researchers who have the most scientific products and naturally have more interaction with information and search for resources, were selected by judgmental sampling and They have been interviewed.FindingsIn this study, which was interviewed with 15 researchers, it was found that researchers mostly refer to Google search engine and databases of Science Direct, Web of Science and Scopus. They also use advanced search and simple search to find their information. They are also familiar with scientific social networks and have been the most visited and researched by Research Gate, LinkedIn and Academia. They were largely satisfied with the quality and accessibility of online resources, but wanted the information organization to have a single standard and order. ConclusionBased on the results of the interviews, we obtained a model that showed that researchers categorize the retrieved information into four components:1.Useful overt information 2. Useful hidden information 3. Useless overt information and 4. Annoying overt information
Information and Knowledge Theories
ali imanzadeh; naeimeh beirampour basmenj; maryam marandi heidarloo
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Information anxiety is one of the emerging challenges of human life, which has emerged and expanded with the development of rhizome thinking under the shadow of post-structuralist thinking. The aim of the current research was the conceptualization, limits and dimensions of information anxiety. The method ...
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Information anxiety is one of the emerging challenges of human life, which has emerged and expanded with the development of rhizome thinking under the shadow of post-structuralist thinking. The aim of the current research was the conceptualization, limits and dimensions of information anxiety. The method of this research is a systematic review that was conducted in 1402. From the 170 articles found, according to the selection criteria, 24 studies were found to be eligible and included in the present study. The findings of the research showed that the concept of information anxiety is ambiguous and its limits are not fully known. Information anxiety actually comes from the growing gap between the amount of available information and our ability to process and understand it, and this type of anxiety is fundamentally different from concepts such as library anxiety and internet anxiety. This type of anxiety has three basic dimensions of information overflow, inability to understand and process information, and inability to access and find available information. Information anxiety has many negative personal, psychological and social consequences such as feelings of disappointment and frustration, feelings of abandonment, loneliness and existential loneliness. Developing information literacy, practicing self-care and setting limits on information consumption and changing epistemological attitudes about information can help reduce feelings and severe stress associated with information anxiety.
