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Browsing Research Articles (Information Science) by UP Author "Fourie, Ina"
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Fourie, Ina; Olivier, Elsabé (The Charleston Company (United States), 2013-04)This review critically examines the African Electronic Journals (SA ePublications) database which was developed by Sabinet <http://www.sabinet.co.za> with the intention to provide easy access to fulltext articles published ...
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Fourie, Ina (Emerald, 2013)PURPOSE – The purpose of this contribution is to set the scenario for pursuing options to find a balance between information communication technology (ICT), information retrieval systems (IRS)such as databases, library ...
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Meyer, Anika; Fourie, Ina (University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2018-06)Idea generation and inspiration are important in creative tasks. This article reports on descriptive quantitative results from an exploratory study conducted in 2016 on the creative tasks and the personal information ...
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Fourie, Ina (Unisa Press, 2008)The complexities, as well as seemingly simplicities of book indexing are considered against conceptualisation and determining what an entity is about. This is done by considering an academic, theoretical perspective as ...
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Fourie, Ina (Emerald, 2012)PURPOSE – When confronted with a problem where the solution is not clear or obvious, a first step would be to search for more information, trying to make sense of the problem. The intention of this contribution is to ...
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Fourie, Ina (Emerald, 2012)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 ...
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Meyer, Anika; Fourie, Ina (Emerald, 2015)PURPOSE - To explore the value of utilising a holistic ergonomic approach, covering engineering, cognitive, and social perspectives, to cultivate beneficial and productive CIS systems and environments, specifically ...
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Maungwa, Tumelo; Fourie, Ina (Emerald, 2018)PURPOSE : Competitive intelligence failures have devastating effects in marketplaces. They are attributed to various factors but seldom explicitly to information behaviour. This paper addresses causes of competitive ...
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Fourie, Ina; Meyer, Hester Wilhelmina Jacoba (Archlib Information Service, 2014)It is argued that notwithstanding the life expectation of patients in palliative care, they still grapple with a wide spectrum of uncertainties for which they require answers to bring relief from anxiety. Nurses, ...
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Fourie, Ina (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-09)BACKGROUND: Health librarians should keep up-to-date in a dynamic environment and accept the importance of continuing personal development (CPD) and growth in their critical reflection and creative thinking skills. They ...
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Fourie, Ina (University of Borås, 2020-12)INTRODUCTION: Grief and bereavement include cognitive, affective and physical dimensions. Pre- and post-grief manifest at different times of coping with loss and bereavement. Contextualisation of information behaviour ...
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Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Fourie, Ina (Emerald, 2024)PURPOSE : Needs for information literacy, disparities in society, bridging digital divides, richness of information sources in electronic (e-)environments and the value of dictionaries have often been propagated. To improve ...
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Rossouw, Tina; Fourie, Ina (Unisa Press, 2007)In a globalised world where current awareness services (CAS) are increasingly being made available on the World Wide Web (WWW), a myriad of electronic services exists to keep users up to date with the latest developments ...
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Effective use of value-added features and services of proprietary databases in an academic context Parbhoo, Naailah; Fourie, Ina (Professor T.D. Wilson, 2017-03)INTRODUCTION. Many projects on information retrieval systems have been reported. This paper, however, reports on the use of value-added features and services available from proprietary databases for example, Researcher ID, ...
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Fourie, Ina; Julien, Heidi (Professor T.D. Wilson, 2014-12)INTRODUCTION : Current trends necessitate the need to consider affect and emotion in information behaviour. A research agenda is required to ensure a systematic and holistic approach to information behaviour scholarship ...
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Kleynhans, Stefanus Andreas (Andre); Fourie, Ina (Emerald, 2014)PURPOSE – The paper addresses the importance of clarifying terminology such as visually impaired and related terms before embarking on accessibility studies of electronic information resources in library contexts. Apart ...
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Fourie, Ina; Bakker, Suzanne (Unisa Press, 2009)The Central Cancer Library (The Netherlands Cancer Institute) and the Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria conducted a cross-country exploratory study to evaluate the current awareness service (CAS) ...
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Fourie, Ina; Claasen-Veldsman, Retha (Professor T.D. Wilson, 2011-09)INTRODUCTION: Reports on an exploratory study on the information needs of a small group of South African oncology nurses. METHOD: Individual questionnaires, focus group interviews, and semistructured interviews were ...
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Fourie, Ina; Claasen-Veldsman, Retha (Emerald, 2007)Purpose – The potential of current awareness services (CAS) for oncology nurses is considered with special reference to the spectrum of WWW CAS that are available, their benefits and problems, and how these can be linked ...
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Fourie, Ina; Nesset, Valerie (University of Borås, 2017)INTRODUCTION : Although much has been reported on cancer information needs, the literature is scant on cancer pain information-related needs. This might be prohibiting understanding of complex experiences of pain and ...
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