Digital Library (DL) has become a mean to distribute multimedia contents in the networked information environment. Previous researchers have suggested ways to improve the design of multimedia DLs, however, users’ information seeking behavior is often neglected. Existing studies on users’ searching behavior do not provide any insights specifically into the behavior of users searching for multime...

  Abstract   Background: Cosmetic rhinoplasty is now carried out increasingly in an attempt   to solve the psychological and social problems of people who are discontent with   their nose. Little is known about either the psychological status of persons who seek   rhinoplasty or potential psychological changes following surgery. The challenge that   faces surgeons, is how to identify, before su...

information seeking anxiety can be interpreted as the fear and/or apprehension of searching for information resources during the information seeking process. the current study aims to determine the prevalence and correlates of the information seeking anxiety among a group of graduate students. the target population of the study comprised 11000 postgraduate students enrolled in various graduate ...

Migration of people to urban areas from the rural areas usually comes with its challenges interms of infrastructural requirement and housing to cater for growing population. One of the challenge for the urbandwellers in Nigeria is that of adequate housing. The inability of the government to meet this demand has seen thepeople concerned seeking alternative solutions to housing need. The resultin...

Exploratory information seeking in a knowledge domain, especially in an interdisciplinary area, with the purpose of learning and getting a sense of the domain is a challenge that new researchers are constantly facing. To address this challenge, we suggest a new visualization-based approach for collaborative exploratory information seeking. First, we introduce ExplorationMap, which is a node-lin...

BACKGROUND Among substance users, health seeking remains a major challenge for which few data are available. OBJECTIVES We sought to investigate the perceptions of methadone-maintained heroin users who are also problem or heavy drinkers, their barriers and facilitators to seeking help for substance and general and chronic care treatment. METHODS A qualitative design using a semistructured f...

The online peer-to-peer healthcare communities are known as the platform where dispersed groups of patients and their families query information, seek and offer support, and connect with others. The success of such communities relies on users’ ongoing involvement to generate benefits for both individuals and the communities. This study attempts to understand users’ continuance participation in ...