Article: "Young Adults’ Information Behavior: What We Know So Far and Where We Need to Go from Here"

In Fall, 2011 Issue (Vol. 2, No. 1) of Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults

Author: Denise E. Agosto

From the Article:

Young adult IB [information behavior] research spans several disciplines, most notably library and information science, education, psychology, and communications. It can be divided into three general categories: 1) studies resulting in the identification of young adults’ information needs; 2) studies leading to the development of models of young adults’ information practices; and 3) studies resulting in descriptions of young adults’ digital information behavior.

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See Also: Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Research Agenda