{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,7]],"date-time":"2026-02-07T03:06:03Z","timestamp":1770433563600,"version":"3.49.0"},"reference-count":142,"publisher":"Emerald","issue":"1","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2010,1,19]],"date-time":"2010-01-19T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1263859200000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/site-policies"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2010,1,19]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Purpose<\/jats:title><jats:p>The purpose of this paper is to examine whether there is a need to consider gender or sex differences as variables in information behaviour research and, if so, how?<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>A metasynthesis approach is used. A preliminary framework to categorise information behaviour research on women is developed by integrating main themes from feminist research and information behaviour research. Within each category, studies are compared and contrasted, to identify similar and divergent themes. Themes are then compared across categories, to synthesise the main concepts.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The categorisation works for most studies, apart from a group of studies on health information use, communicating risk and decision making. The meta\u2010synthesis indicates the importance of concepts such as situation (as mesh), intermediaries (as node with connections), and connecting behaviour. Gender\u2010related or, rather gender\u2010ascribed, constructs, such as concern for others, not gender alone are likely to be important variables in information behaviour.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>The meta\u2010synthesis is a top\u2010level synthesis, as the number of studies prohibited a more detailed approach. Further meta\u2010synthesis of a few high quality research studies would help to confirm the findings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>The synthesis illuminates a different perspective on information behaviour: the network of information users rather than the individual information seeker.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>The synthesis integrates some feminist research themes with information behaviour research, and the findings have implications for general information behaviour research.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/00220411011016399","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,1,8]],"date-time":"2010-01-08T08:07:20Z","timestamp":1262938040000},"page":"113-139","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":33,"title":["Information behaviour of women: theoretical perspectives on gender"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"66","author":[{"given":"Christine","family":"Urquhart","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Alison","family":"Yeoman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Adjah, O.A. (2005), \u201cThe information needs of female adult literacy learners in Accra\u201d, Information Development, Vol. 21 No. 3, pp. 182\u201092.","DOI":"10.1177\/0266666905057335"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Albarran, J.W., Clarke, B.A. and Crawford, J. (2007), \u201c\u2018It was not chest pain really, I can't explain it!\u2019 An exploratory study on the nature of symptoms experienced by women during their myocardial infarction\u201d, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Vol. 16 No. 7, pp. 1292\u2010301.","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2702.2007.01777.x"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Andrist, L.C. (1998), \u201cThe impact of media attention, family history, politics and maturation on women's decisions regarding hormone replacement therapy\u201d, Health Care for Women International, Vol. 19 No. 3, pp. 243\u201060.","DOI":"10.1080\/073993398246403"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Ankem, K. (2006), \u201cFactors influencing information needs among cancer patients: a meta\u2010analysis\u201d, Library and Information Science Research, Vol. 28 No. 1, pp. 7\u201023.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.lisr.2005.11.003"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Ankem, K. (2007), \u201cInformation\u2010seeking behavior of women in their path to an innovative alternative treatment for symptomatic uterine fibroids\u201d, Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA), Vol. 95 No. 2, pp. 164\u2010172, E\u201051\u2010E\u201053.","DOI":"10.3163\/1536-5050.95.2.164"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Avery, J.C. and Braunack\u2010Mayer, A.J. (2007), \u201cThe information needs of women diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome \u2013 implications for treatment and health outcomes\u201d, BMC Women's Health, available at: www.biomedcentral.com\/1472\u20106874\/7\/9 (accessed 3 August 2008).","DOI":"10.1186\/1472-6874-7-9"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Babio, G.O., M\u00e1rquez\u2010Calder\u00f3n, S., Garca\u2010Gutierrez, J.F., Berm\u00fadez\u2010Tamayo, C., Plazaola\u2010Casta\u00f1o, J. and Ruiz\u2010Perez, I. (2006), \u201cWomen's autonomy and the evaluation of the information available on the internet on hormone therapy after menopause\u201d, Computers, Informatics, Nursing (CIN), Vol. 24 No. 4, pp. 226\u201034.","DOI":"10.1097\/00024665-200607000-00010"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Baker, L.M. (1996), \u201cA study of the nature of information needed by women with multiple sclerosis\u201d, Library and Information Science Research, Vol. 18 No. 1, pp. 67\u201081.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0740-8188(96)90031-6"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b9","unstructured":"Bar\u2010Ilan, J., Shalom, N., Shoham, S., Baruchson\u2010Arbib, S. and Getz, I. (2006), \u201cThe role of information in a lifetime process: a model of weight maintenance by women over long time periods\u201d, Information Research, Vol. 11 No. 4, available at: http:\/\/InformationR.net\/ir\/11\u20104\/paper263.html (accessed 3 August 2008)."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Barnabei, V.M., O'Connor, J.J., Nimphius, N.M., Vierkant, R.A. and Eaker, E.D. (2008), \u201cThe effects of a web\u2010based tool on patient\u2010provider communication and satisfaction with hormone therapy: a randomized evaluation\u201d, Journal of Women's Health, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 147\u201058.","DOI":"10.1089\/jwh.2007.0369"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Bastian, L.A., McBride, C.M., Fish, L., Lyna, P., Farrell, D., Lipkus, I.M., Rimer, B.K. and Siegler, I.C. (2002), \u201cEvaluating patients' use of hormone replacement therapy decision\u2010making intervention\u201d, Patient Education and Counseling, Vol. 48 No. 3, pp. 283\u201091.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0738-3991(02)00048-4"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Brown, J.B., Carroll, J., Boon, H. and Marmoreo, J. (2002), \u201cWomen's decision\u2010making about their health care: views over the life cycle\u201d, Patient Education and Counseling, Vol. 48 No. 3, pp. 225\u201031.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0738-3991(02)00175-1"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Burnett, G., Besant, M. and Chatman, E.A. (2001), \u201cSmall worlds: normative behavior in virtual communities and feminist bookselling\u201d, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Vol. 52 No. 7, pp. 536\u201047.","DOI":"10.1002\/asi.1102"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Carey, R.F., McKechnie, L.E.F. and McKenzie, P.J. (2001), \u201cGaining access to everyday life information seeking\u201d, Library and Information Science Research, Vol. 23 No. 4, pp. 319\u201024.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0740-8188(01)00092-5"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b15","unstructured":"Case, D.O. (2007), Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior, 2nd ed., Academic Press, London."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Chalmers, K.I., Luker, K.A., Leinster, S.J., Ellis, I. and Booth, K. (2001), \u201cInformation and support needs of women with primary relatives with breast cancer: development of the Information and Support Needs Questionnaire\u201d, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol. 35 No. 4, pp. 497\u2010507.","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-2648.2001.01866.x"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Choo, C.W. and Marton, C. (2003), \u201cInformation seeking on the web by women in IT professions\u201d, Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications, Vol. 13 No. 4, pp. 267\u201080.","DOI":"10.1108\/10662240310488951"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Clark, H.D., O'Connor, A.M., Graham, I.D. and Wells, G.A. (2003), \u201cWhat factors are associated with a woman's decision to take hormone replacement therapy?\u201d, Health Expectations, Vol. 6 No. 2, pp. 110\u201017.","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1369-6513.2003.00216.x"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b19","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Connelly, M.T., Rusinak, D., Livingston, W., Raeke, L. and Inui, T.S. (2000), \u201cPatient knowledge about hormone replacement therapy: implications for treatment\u201d, Menopause, Vol. 7 No. 4, pp. 266\u201072.","DOI":"10.1097\/00042192-200007040-00009"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Coo, H., O'Connor, K.S. and Hunter, D. (2001), \u201cWomen's knowledge of hormone therapy\u201d, Patient Education and Counseling, Vol. 45 No. 4, pp. 295\u2010301.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0738-3991(01)00133-1"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b21","unstructured":"Cullen, R. (1997), \u201cThe medical specialist: information gateway or gatekeeper for the family practitioner?\u201d, Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, Vol. 85 No. 4, pp. 348\u201055."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Currie, D. and Wiesenberg, S. (2003), \u201cPromoting women's health\u2010seeking behavior: research and the empowerment of women\u201d, Health Care for Women International, Vol. 24 No. 10, pp. 880\u201099.","DOI":"10.1080\/07399330390244257"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Cutmore, T.R.H., Hine, T.J., Maberley, K.J., Langford, N.M. and Hawgood, G. (2000), \u201cCognitive and gender factors influencing navigation in a virtual environment\u201d, International Journal of Human\u2010Computer Studies, Vol. 53 No. 2, pp. 223\u201049.","DOI":"10.1006\/ijhc.2000.0389"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Davies, M.M. and Bath, P.A. (2001), \u201cInterpersonal sources of health and maternity information for Somali women living in the UK: information seeking and evaluation\u201d, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 58 No. 3, pp. 302\u201018.","DOI":"10.1108\/00220410210425629"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b25","unstructured":"Dervin, B. and Nilan, M. (1986), \u201cInformation needs and uses\u201d, Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, Vol. 21, pp. 3\u201033."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b26","unstructured":"Dervin, B., Foreman\u2010Wernet, L. and Lauterbach, E. (2003), Sense\u2010making Methodology Reader: Selected Writings of Brenda Dervin, Hampton Press, Cresskill, NJ."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b27","unstructured":"Dervin, B., Reinhard, C.D. and Shen, F.C. (2006), \u201cBeyond communication: research as communicating. Making user and audience studies matter \u2013 paper 2\u201d, Information Research, Vol. 12 No. 1, available at: http:\/\/InformationR.net\/ir\/12\u20101\/paper287.html (accessed 1 August 2008)."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b28","unstructured":"Dodin, S., L\u00e9gar\u00e9, F., Daudelin, G., Tetroe, J. and O'Connor, A. (2001), \u201cMaking a decision about hormone replacement therapy\u201d, Canadian Family Physician, Vol. 47, pp. 1586\u201093 (in French)."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b29","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Dunne, J.E. (2002), \u201cInformation seeking and use by battered women: a \u2018person\u2010in\u2010progressive\u2010situations\u2019 approach\u201d, Library and Information Science Research, Vol. 24 No. 4, pp. 343\u201055.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0740-8188(02)00132-9"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b30","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Emslie, C. and Hunt, K. (2009), \u201cMen, masculinities and heart disease: a systematic review of the qualitative literature\u201d, Current Sociology, Vol. 57 No. 2, pp. 155\u201092.","DOI":"10.1177\/0011392108099161"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b32","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Fagerlin, A., Zikmund\u2010Fisher, B.J. and Ubel, P.A. (2007), \u201c\u2018If I'm better than average, then I'm OK?\u2019 Comparative information influences\u201d, Patient Education and Counseling, Vol. 69 Nos 1\u20103, pp. 140\u20104.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.pec.2007.08.008"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b31","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Fagerlin, A., Lakhani, I., Lantz, P.M., Janz, N.K., Morrow, M., Schwartz, K., Deapen, D., Salem, B., Liu, L. and Katz, S.J. (2006), \u201cAn informed decision? Breast cancer patients and their knowledge about treatment\u201d, Patient Education and Counseling, Vol. 64 Nos 1\u20103, pp. 303\u201012.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.pec.2006.03.010"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b33","unstructured":"Fairer\u2010Wessels, F.A. (2004), \u201cInformation needs and information\u2010seeking behaviour of leisure tourists: a pilot study of professional black women in Pretoria\u201d, Mousaion, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 136\u201049."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b34","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Fidishun, D. (2002), \u201cSymbolic interactionism and library research: using a qualitative methodology to understand library interchange\u201d, Portal: Libraries and the Academy, Vol. 2 No. 3, pp. 443\u201053, available at: http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/journals\/portal_libraries_and_the_academy\/v002\/2.3fidishun.html (accessed 5 March 2008).","DOI":"10.1353\/pla.2002.0052"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b35","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Fidishun, D. (2007), \u201cWomen and the public library: using technology, using the library\u201d, Library Trends, Vol. 56 No. 2, pp. 328\u201043.","DOI":"10.1353\/lib.2008.0010"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b36","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Forss\u00e9n, A. and Carlstedt, G. (2001), \u201cWork, health and ill health. New research makes women's experiences visible\u201d, Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, Vol. 19 No. 3, pp. 154\u20107.","DOI":"10.1080\/028134301316982360"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b37","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Fox, E., Ridgwell, A. and Ashwin, C. (2009), \u201cLooking on the bright side: biased attention and the human serotonin transporter gene\u201d, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, available (prior to print) at: http:\/\/rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/276\/1663\/1747.abstract (accessed 3 November 2009).","DOI":"10.1098\/rspb.2008.1788"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b38","unstructured":"Gollop, C.J. (1997), \u201cHealth information\u2010seeking behavior and older African\u2010American women\u201d, Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, Vol. 85 No. 2, pp. 141\u20106."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b39","unstructured":"Greer, G. (2000), The Whole Woman, Anchor, London."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b40","unstructured":"Hammersley, M. (1995), The Politics of Social Research, Sage, London."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b41","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Haraway, D. (2003), \u201cSituated knowledges: the science question in feminism and the privilege of partial perspective\u201d, in Delanty, G. and Strydom, P. (Eds), Philosophies of Social Science: The Classic and Contemporary Readings, Open University Press, Maidenhead (originally published 1988).","DOI":"10.2307\/3178066"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b42","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Harris, R., Stickney, J., Grasley, C., Hutchinson, G., Greaves, L. and Boyd, T. (2001), \u201cSearching for help and information: abused women speak out\u201d, Library and Information Science Research, Vol. 23 No. 2, pp. 123\u201041.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0740-8188(01)00066-4"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b43","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Hart, P.L. (2005), \u201cWomen's perceptions of coronary heart disease: an integrative review\u201d, Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, Vol. 20 No. 3, pp. 170\u20106.","DOI":"10.1097\/00005082-200505000-00008"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b44","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"He, P.W. and Jacobson, T.E. (1996), \u201cWhat are they doing with the internet? A study of user information seeking behaviors\u201d, Internet Reference Services Quarterly, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 31\u201051.","DOI":"10.1300\/J136v01n01_05"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b45","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Heimrath, R. and Goulding, A. (2001), \u201cInternet perception and use: a gender perspective\u201d, Program, Vol. 35 No. 2, pp. 119\u201034.","DOI":"10.1108\/EUM0000000006944"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b46","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Hoag, H. (2008), \u201cSex on the brain\u201d, New Scientist, Vol. 199 No. 2665, 19 July, pp. 28\u201031.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0262-4079(08)61806-0"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b47","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Hoff, J. (2004), \u201cMembers of Parliament's use of ICT in a comparative European perspective\u201d, Information Polity, Vol. 9 Nos 1\u20102, pp. 5\u201016.","DOI":"10.3233\/IP-2004-0040"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b48","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Holmes\u2010Rovner, M., Kroll, J., Rovner, D.R., Schmitt, N., Rothert, M., Padonu, G. and Talarczyk, G. (1999), \u201cPatient decision support intervention: increased consistency with decision analytic models\u201d, Medical Care, Vol. 37 No. 3, pp. 270\u201084.","DOI":"10.1097\/00005650-199903000-00007"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b49","unstructured":"Huang, S\u2010Y.L. (1999), \u201cThe use and value perceptions of library and information resources by college students\u201d, Journal of Information, Communication, and Library Science, Vol. 5 No. 4, pp. 1\u201014."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b50","unstructured":"Huczynski, A. and Buchanan, D. (2001), Organizational Behaviour: An Introductory Text, 4th ed., FT\/Prentice\u2010Hall (Pearson Education), Harlow."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b51","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Hupfer, M.E. and Detlor, B. (2006), \u201cGender and web information seeking: a self\u2010concept orientation model\u201d, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Vol. 57 No. 8, pp. 1105\u201015.","DOI":"10.1002\/asi.20379"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b52","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Ikoja\u2010Odongo, J.R. (2002), \u201cInsights into the information needs of women in the informal sector of Uganda\u201d, South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science, Vol. 68 No. 1, pp. 39\u201052.","DOI":"10.7553\/68-1-765"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b53","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Ilie, V., Van Slyke, C., Green, G. and Lou, H. (2005), \u201cGender differences in perceptions and use of communication\u201d, Information Resources Management Journal, Vol. 18 No. 3, pp. 13\u201031.","DOI":"10.4018\/irmj.2005070102"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b54","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Jamieson, A.E., Fletcher, P.C. and Schneider, M.A. (2007), \u201cSeeking control through the determination of diet: a qualitative investigation of women with irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease\u201d, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Vol. 21 No. 3, pp. 152\u201060.","DOI":"10.1097\/01.NUR.0000270015.97457.9c"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b55","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Jones, J.B. (1999), \u201cHormone replacement therapy: women's decision\u2010making process\u201d, Social Work in Health Care, Vol. 28 No. 3, pp. 95\u2010111.","DOI":"10.1300\/J010v28n03_06"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b56","unstructured":"Julien, H. and Michels, D. (2001), \u201cSource selection among information seekers: ideals and realities\u201d, Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, Vol. 25 No. 1, pp. 1\u201018."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b57","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Knight, M.B. and Pearson, J.M. (2005), \u201cThe changing demographics: the diminishing role of age and gender in computer usage\u201d, Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, Vol. 17 No. 4, pp. 49\u201065.","DOI":"10.4018\/joeuc.2005100103"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b58","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Krizek, C., Roberts, C., Ragan, R., Ferrara, J.J. and Lord, B. (1999), \u201cGender and cancer support group participation\u201d, Cancer Practice, Vol. 7 No. 2, pp. 86\u201092.","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1523-5394.1999.07206.x"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b59","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kuhlthau, C.C. (1993), \u201cA principle of uncertainty for information seeking\u201d, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 49 No. 4, pp. 339\u201055.","DOI":"10.1108\/eb026918"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b60","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Larner, A.J. (2006), \u201cSearching the internet for medical information: frequency over time and by age and gender in an outpatient population in the UK\u201d, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, Vol. 12 No. 4, pp. 186\u20108.","DOI":"10.1258\/135763306777488816"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b61","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Lefler, L.L. and Bondy, K.N. (2004), \u201cWomen's delay in seeking treatment with myocardial infarction: a meta\u2010synthesis\u201d, Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, Vol. 19 No. 4, pp. 251\u201068.","DOI":"10.1097\/00005082-200407000-00005"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b62","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"L\u00e9gar\u00e9, F., O'Connor, A.M., Graham, I.D., Wells, G.A., Jacobsen, M.J., Elmslie, T. and Drake, E.R. (2003), \u201cThe effect of decision aids on the agreement between women's and physicians' decisional conflict about hormone replacement therapy\u201d, Patient Education and Counseling, Vol. 50 No. 2, pp. 211\u201021.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0738-3991(02)00129-5"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b63","unstructured":"Leng, K.W. (1997), \u201cMenopause and the great divide: biomedicine, feminism and cyborg politics\u201d, in Komesaroff, P.A., Rothfield, P. and Daly, J. (Eds), Reinterpreting Menopause: Cultural and Philosophical Issues, Routledge, New York, NY and London, pp. 255\u201072."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b64","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Liu, Z. and Huang, X. (2008), \u201cGender differences in the online reading environment\u201d, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 64 No. 4, pp. 616\u201026, (also in Liu, Z. (Ed.), Paper to Digital: Documents in the Information Age, Libraries Unlimited, Westport, CT).","DOI":"10.1108\/00220410810884101"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b65","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Lorence, D. and Park, H. (2007), \u201cGender and online health information: a partitioned technology assessment\u201d, Health Information and Libraries Journal, Vol. 24 No. 3, pp. 204\u20109.","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-1842.2007.00712.x"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b66","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Luker, K.A., Beaver, K., Leinster, S.J. and Owens, R.G. (1996), \u201cInformation needs and sources of information for women with breast cancer: a follow\u2010up study\u201d, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol. 23 No. 3, pp. 487\u201095.","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2648.1996.tb00010.x"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b67","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Mabawonku, I. (2006), \u201cThe information environment of women in Nigeria's public service\u201d, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 62 No. 1, pp. 73\u201090.","DOI":"10.1108\/00220410610642057"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b68","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"MacInnes, D. (2006), \u201cThe illness perceptions of women following symptoms of acute myocardial infarction: a self\u2010regulatory approach\u201d, European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, Vol. 5 No. 4, pp. 280\u20108.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejcnurse.2006.02.003"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b74","unstructured":"McKenzie, P.J. (2001), \u201cNegotiating authoritative knowledge: information practices across a life transition\u201d, PhD thesis, The University of Western Ontario, London."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b75","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"McKenzie, P. (2002), \u201cCommunication barriers and information\u2010seeking counterstrategies in accounts of practitioner\u2010patient encounters\u201d, Library and Information Science Research, Vol. 24 No. 1, pp. 31\u201047.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0740-8188(01)00103-7"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b76","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"McKenzie, P. (2003), \u201cJustifying cognitive authority decisions: discursive strategies of information seekers\u201d, Library Quarterly, Vol. 73 No. 3, pp. 261\u201088.","DOI":"10.1086\/603418"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b77","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"McKenzie, P. (2004), \u201cPositioning theory and the negotiation of information needs in a clinical midwifery setting\u201d, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Vol. 55 No. 8, pp. 685\u201094.","DOI":"10.1002\/asi.20002"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b69","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Malterud, K. (1998), \u201cUnderstanding women in pain. New pathways suggested by Ume\u00e5 researchers: qualitative research and feminist perspectives\u201d, Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, Vol. 16 No. 4, pp. 195\u20108.","DOI":"10.1080\/028134398750002945"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b70","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Marcella, R. (2001), \u201cThe need for European Union information amongst women in the United Kingdom: results of a survey\u201d, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 57 No. 4, pp. 492\u2010518.","DOI":"10.1108\/EUM0000000007092"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b71","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Marcella, R. (2002), \u201cWomen on the web: a critical appraisal of a sample reflecting the range and content of women's site on the internet, with particular reference to the support of women's interaction and participation\u201d, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 58 No. 1, pp. 79\u2010103.","DOI":"10.1108\/00220410210425421"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b72","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Marmoreo, J., Brown, J.B., Batty, H.R., Cummings, S. and Powell, M. (1998), \u201cHormone replacement therapy: determinants of women's decisions\u201d, Patient Education and Counseling, Vol. 33 No. 3, pp. 289\u201098.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0738-3991(98)00028-7"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b73","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Marton, C. (2003), \u201cQuality of health information on the web: user perceptions of relevance and reliability\u201d, New Review of Information Behaviour Research, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 195\u2010206.","DOI":"10.1080\/14716310310001631525"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b78","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Meadows, L.M., Thurston, W.E. and Berenson, C.A. (2001), \u201cHealth promotion and preventive measures: interpreting messages at midlife\u201d, Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 11 No. 4, pp. 450\u201063.","DOI":"10.1177\/104973201129119244"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b79","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Mehra, B., Bishop, A.P., Bazzell, I. and Smith, C. (2002), \u201cScenarios in the Afya project as a participatory action research (PAR) tool for studying information seeking and use across the \u2018digital divide\u2019\u201d, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Vol. 53 No. 14, pp. 1259\u201066.","DOI":"10.1002\/asi.10169"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b80","unstructured":"Minion, J. (2008), \u201cThe information world of gay men living with HIV\u201d, Information Research, Vol. 13 No. 4, available at http:\/\/informationr.net\/ir\/13\u20104\/wks11.html (accessed 25 March 2009)."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b81","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Mooko, N.P. (2002), \u201cThe use and awareness of women's groups as sources of information in three small villages in Botswana\u201d, South African Journal of Library and Information Science, Vol. 68 No. 2, pp. 104\u201011.","DOI":"10.7553\/68-2-746"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b82","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Mooko, N.P. (2005), \u201cThe information behaviors of rural women in Botswana\u201d, Library and Information Science Research, Vol. 27 No. 1, pp. 115\u201027.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.lisr.2004.09.012"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b83","unstructured":"Morris, C., Stewart, V., Harris, A., Forbes, J. and Mackie, P. (2004), \u201cLothian Health & Life Survey 2004: self\u2010reported health status, patient satisfaction & access to health services\u201d, available at: www.lothianhealthandlife.scot.nhs.uk\/lhls2002\/report2\/primary.html (accessed 20 February 2008)."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b84","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Murray, E., Davis, H., Tai, S.S., Coulter, A., Gray, A. and Haines, A. (2001), \u201cRandomised controlled trial of an interactive multimedia decision aid on hormone replacement therapy in primary care\u201d, British Medical Journal, Vol. 323 No. 7311, pp. 490\u20103.","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.323.7311.490"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b85","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Musoke, M.G.N. (2007), \u201cInformation behaviour of primary health care providers in rural Uganda: an interaction\u2010value model\u201d, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 63 No. 3, pp. 299\u2010322.","DOI":"10.1108\/00220410710743261"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b86","unstructured":"Nahl, D. and Bilal, D. (Eds) (2007), Information and Emotion: The Emergent Affective Paradigm in Information Behavior Research and Theory, Information Today, Medford, NJ."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b87","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Ndubisi, N.O. and Kahraman, C. (2005), \u201cMalaysian women entrepreneurs: understanding the ICT usage behaviors and drivers\u201d, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Vol. 18 No. 6, pp. 721\u201039.","DOI":"10.1108\/17410390510628418"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b88","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Newton, K.M., LaCroix, A.Z., Buist, D.S., Delaney, K.M. and Anderson, L.A. (2001), \u201cWomen's responses to a mailed hormone replacement therapy workbook\u201d, Menopause, Vol. 8 No. 5, pp. 361\u20107.","DOI":"10.1097\/00042192-200109000-00011"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b89","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Nicholas, D., Huntington, P. and Williams, P. (2001), \u201cEstablishing metrics for the evaluation of touch screen kiosks\u201d, Journal of Information Science, Vol. 27 No. 2, pp. 61\u201071.","DOI":"10.1177\/016555150102700201"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b92","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Oakley, A. (2007), Fracture: Adventures of a Broken Body, Policy Press, Bristol.","DOI":"10.2307\/j.ctt9qgvq4"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b90","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"O'Connor, A.M., Tugwell, P., Wells, G.A., Elmslie, T., Jolly, E., Hollingworth, G., McPherson, R., Drake, E., Hopman, W. and Mackenzie, T. (1998), \u201cRandomized trial of a portable, self\u2010administered decision aid for post\u2010menopausal women considering long\u2010term preventive hormone therapy\u201d, Medical Decision Making, Vol. 18 No. 3, pp. 295\u2010303.","DOI":"10.1177\/0272989X9801800307"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b93","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Olatokun, W.M. (2008), \u201cGender and national ICT policy in Africa: issues, strategies, and policy options\u201d, Information Development, Vol. 24 No. 1, pp. 53\u201065.","DOI":"10.1177\/0266666907087697"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b91","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"O'Leary, K.A., Estabrooks, C.A., Olson, K. and Cumming, C. (2007), \u201cInformation acquisition for women facing surgical treatment for breast cancer: influencing factors and selected outcomes\u201d, Patient Education and Counseling, Vol. 69 Nos 1\u20103, pp. 5\u201019.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.pec.2007.08.002"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b94","unstructured":"Olesen, V.L. (2008), \u201cEarly millennial feminist qualitative research: challenges and contours\u201d, in Denzin, N.K. and Lincoln, Y.S. (Eds), The Landscape of Qualitative Research, Sage, Newbury Park, CA, pp. 311\u201070."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b95","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Painter, J.E., Borba, C.P., Hynes, M., Mays, D. and Glanz, K. (2008), \u201cThe use of theory in health behaviour research from 2000 to 2005: a systematic review\u201d, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Vol. 35 No. 3, pp. 358\u201062.","DOI":"10.1007\/s12160-008-9042-y"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b96","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"P\u00e1lsd\u00f3ttir, \u00c1. (2003), \u201cIcelandic citizens' everyday life health information behaviour\u201d, Health Informatics Journal, Vol. 9 No. 4, pp. 225\u201040.","DOI":"10.1177\/1460458203094001"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b97","unstructured":"P\u00e1lsd\u00f3ttir, \u00c1. (2008), \u201cInformation behaviour, health self\u2010efficacy beliefs and health behaviour in Icelanders' everyday life\u201d, Information Research, Vol. 13 No. 1, available at: http:\/\/InformationR.net\/ir\/13\u20101\/paper334.html (accessed 1 August 2008)."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b98","unstructured":"Panigrahi, C. (1998), \u201cInformation use and reading habits of working women in the steel city of Rourkela India\u201d, Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science, Vol. 3 No. 1, pp. 111\u201018."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b99","unstructured":"Pearlman, D.N., Rakowski, W., Clark, M.A., Ehrich, B., Rimer, B.K., Goldstein, M.G., Woolverton, H. III and Dube, C.E. (1997), \u201cWhy do women's attitudes toward mammography change over time? Implications for physician\u2010patient communication\u201d, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, Vol. 6 No. 6, pp. 451\u20107."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b100","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Polacek, G.N., Ramos, M.C. and Ferrer, R.L. (2007), \u201cBreast cancer disparities and decision making among US women\u201d, Patient Education and Counseling, Vol. 65 No. 2, pp. 158\u201065.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.pec.2006.06.003"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b101","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Price, S.L., Storey, S. and Lake, M. (2008), \u201cMenopause experiences of women in rural areas\u201d, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol. 61 No. 5, pp. 503\u201011.","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2648.2007.04522.x"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b102","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Prigoda, E. and McKenzie, P.J. (2007), \u201cPurls of wisdom: a collectivist study of human information behaviour in a public library knitting group\u201d, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 63 No. 1, pp. 90\u2010114.","DOI":"10.1108\/00220410710723902"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b103","unstructured":"Radford, M.L. (1998), \u201cApproach or avoidance? The role of nonverbal communication in the academic library user's decision to initiate a reference encounter\u201d, Library Trends, Vol. 46 No. 4, pp. 699\u2010717."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b104","unstructured":"Rahman, M.M. and Binwal, J.C. (2000), \u201cUse of libraries and information centres by scientists and technologists in Bangladesh\u201d, Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science, Vol. 5 No. 2, pp. 57\u201068."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b105","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Rankin, N., Williams, P., Davis, C. and Girgis, A. (2004), \u201cThe use and acceptability of a one\u2010on\u2010one peer support program for Australian women with early breast cancer\u201d, Patient Education and Counseling, Vol. 53 No. 2, pp. 141\u20106.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0738-3991(03)00142-3"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b106","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Rigby, A.J., Ma, J. and Stafford, R.S. (2007), \u201cWomen's awareness and knowledge of hormone therapy post\u2010Women's Health Initiative\u201d, Menopause, Vol. 14 No. 5, pp. 853\u20108.","DOI":"10.1097\/gme.0b013e3180333a33"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b107","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Rostom, A., O'Connor, A., Tugwell, P. and Wells, G. (2002), \u201cA randomized trial of a computerized versus an audio\u2010booklet decision aid for women considering post\u2010menopausal hormone replacement therapy\u201d, Patient Education and Counseling, Vol. 46 No. 1, pp. 67\u201074.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0738-3991(01)00167-7"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b108","unstructured":"Rothbauer, P. (2004a), \u201cLes gens n'ont plus peur, mais il est encore difficile de trouver des livres\u201d: pratiques de lecture qui renseignent sur l'identit\u00e9 personnelle et sociale de lesbiennes d\u00e9clar\u00e9es et des jeunes femmes allosexuelles (People aren't afraid anymore, but it's hard to find books: reading practices that inform the personal and social identities of self\u2010identified lesbian and queer young women)\u201d, Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, Vol. 28 No. 3, pp. 52\u201074."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b109","unstructured":"Rothbauer, P. (2004b), \u201cL'internet dans les rapports de lecture de lesbiennes et de jeunes femmes allosexuelles: recherches infructueuses et lectures illicites (The internet in the reading accounts of lesbian and queer young women: failed searches and unsanctioned reading)\u201d, Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, Vol. 28 No. 4, pp. 89\u2010110."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b110","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Rowlands, I. and Nicholas, D. (2008), \u201cUnderstanding information behaviour: how do students and faculty find books?\u201d, Journal of Academic Librarianship, Vol. 34 No. 1, pp. 3\u201015.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.acalib.2007.11.005"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b111","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Rutten, L.J., Squiers, L. and Hesse, B. (2006), \u201cCancer\u2010related information seeking: hints from the 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)\u201d, Journal of Health Communication, Vol. 11, Suppl. 1, pp. 147\u201056.","DOI":"10.1080\/10810730600637574"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b112","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Saver, B.G., Gustafson, D., Taylor, T.R., Hawkins, R.P., Woods, N.F., Dinauer, S., Casey, S. and MacLaren\u2010Loranger, A. (2007), \u201cA tale of two studies: the importance of setting, subjects and context in two randomized, controlled trials of a web\u2010based decision support for perimenopausal and postmenopausal health decisions\u201d, Patient Education and Counseling, Vol. 66 No. 2, pp. 211\u201022.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.pec.2006.12.004"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b113","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Schapira, M.M., Gilligan, M.A., McAuliffe, T.L. and Nattinger, A.B. (2004), \u201cMenopausal hormone therapy decisions: insights from a multi\u2010attribute model\u201d, Patient Education and Counseling, Vol. 52 No. 1, pp. 89\u201095.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0738-3991(02)00266-5"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b114","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Seligman, M. (2000), \u201cPositive psychology: an introduction\u201d, American Psychologist, Vol. 55 No. 1, pp. 5\u201014.","DOI":"10.1037\/0003-066X.55.1.5"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b115","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Simon, A. (2006), \u201cWomen's perceptions of technological change: positive, critical, ambivalent\u201d, Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 58 No. 6, pp. 476\u201087.","DOI":"10.1108\/00012530610713560"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b116","unstructured":"Smith, D. (2003), \u201cThe standpoint of women in the everyday world\u201d, in Delanty, G. and Strydom, P. (Eds) (1987), Philosophies of Social Science:The Classic and Contemporary Readings, Open University Press, Maidenhead."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b117","unstructured":"Smith, S.M. and Whitlark, D.B. (2001), \u201cMen and women online: what makes them click?\u201d, Marketing Research, Vol. 13 No. 2, pp. 20\u20105."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b118","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Spink, A., Wilson, T.D., Ford, N., Foster, A. and Ellis, D. (2002), \u201cInformation seeking and mediated searching study. Part 3. Successive searching\u201d, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Vol. 53 No. 9, pp. 716\u201027.","DOI":"10.1002\/asi.10083"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b119","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Sproull, L., Subramani, M., Kiesler, S., Walker, J.H. and Waters, K. (1996), \u201cWhen the interface is a face\u201d, Human\u2010Computer Interaction, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 97\u2010124.","DOI":"10.1207\/s15327051hci1102_1"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b120","unstructured":"Steinerov\u00e1, J. and \u0160u\u0161ol, J. (2007), \u201cUsers' information behaviour \u2013 a gender perspective\u201d, Information Research, Vol. 12 No. 3, available at http:\/\/InformationR.net\/ir\/12\u20103\/paper320.html (accessed 12 August 2008)."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b121","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Sturges, P. (2001), \u201cGatekeepers and other intermediaries\u201d, Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 53 No. 2, pp. 62\u20107.","DOI":"10.1108\/EUM0000000007039"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b122","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Sundin, O. (2008), \u201cNegotiations on information seeking expertise: a study of web\u2010based tutorials for information literacy\u201d, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 64 No. 1, pp. 24\u201044.","DOI":"10.1108\/00220410810844141"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b123","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Szwajcer, E.M., Hiddink, G.J., Loelen, M.A. and van Woerkum, C.M.J. (2005), \u201cNutrition\u2010related information\u2010seeking behaviours before and throughout the course of pregnancy: consequences for nutrition communication\u201d, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 59, supplement, pp. S57\u2010S65.","DOI":"10.1038\/sj.ejcn.1602175"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b124","unstructured":"Taylor, J.K. (2002), \u201cTargeting the information needs of transgender individuals\u201d, Current Studies in Librarianship., Vol. 26 Nos 1\u20102, pp. 85\u2010109."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b126","unstructured":"Urquhart, C., Spink, S., Thomas, R., Yeoman, A., Durbin, J., Turner, J., Fenton, R. and Armstrong, C. (2004), Final Report \u2013 2003\/2004 Cycle Five Report, \u201cJISC usage surveys: trends in electronic information services\u201d, available at: http:\/\/cadair.aber.ac.uk http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2160\/239 (accessed 1 August 2008)."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b125","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Urquhart, C., Light, A., Thomas, R., Barker, A., Yeoman, A., Cooper, J., Armstrong, A., Fenton, R., Lonsdale, R. and Spink, S. (2003), \u201cCritical incident technique and explicitation interviewing in studies of information behavior\u201d, Library and Information Science Research, Vol. 25 No. 1, pp. 63\u201088.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0740-8188(02)00166-4"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b127","unstructured":"van Zijl, C. and Gericke, E.M. (2001), \u201cMethods used by South African visual artists to find information\u201d, Mousaion, Vol. 19 No. 1, pp. 3\u201024."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b128","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"von Sadovszky, V. and Ryan\u2010Wenger, N. (2007), \u201cArmy women's sexual health information needs\u201d, Journal of Obstetric Gynecological and Neonatal Nursing, Vol. 36 No. 4, pp. 348\u201057.","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1552-6909.2007.00153.x"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Walter, F.M. and Britten, N. (2002), \u201cPatients' understanding of risk: a qualitative study of decision making about the menopause and hormone replacement therapy in general practice\u201d, Family Practice, Vol. 19 No. 6, pp. 579\u201086.","DOI":"10.1093\/fampra\/19.6.579"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b130","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Warner, D. and Procaccino, J.D. (2004), \u201cToward wellness: women seeking health information\u201d, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Vol. 55 No. 8, pp. 709\u201030.","DOI":"10.1002\/asi.20016"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b131","unstructured":"Wathen, C.N. and Harris, R.M. (2006), \u201cAn examination of the health information seeking experiences of women in rural Ontario, Canada\u201d, Information Research, Vol. 11 No. 4, available at: http:\/\/InformationR.net\/ir\/11\u20104\/paper267.html (accessed 3 August 2008)."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b132","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Weiser, E.B. (2000), \u201cGender differences in internet use patterns and internet application preferences: a two\u2010sample comparison\u201d, Cyberpsychology and Behavior, Vol. 3 No. 2, pp. 167\u201078.","DOI":"10.1089\/109493100316012"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b133","unstructured":"Welsh Assembly Government (2007), Welsh Health Survey 2007, available at: http:\/\/wales.gov.uk\/topics\/statistics\/publications\/healthsurvey2007\/?lang=en (accessed 20 March 2009)."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b134","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Westbrook, L. (2003), \u201cInformation needs and experiences of scholars in women's studies: problems and solutions\u201d, College and Research Libraries, Vol. 64 No. 3, pp. 192\u2010209.","DOI":"10.5860\/crl.64.3.192"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b135","unstructured":"Wiklund, G. (1999), \u201cInformation as social and intellectual capital in the research career: a gender perspective\u201d, Information Research, Vol. 4 No. 2, available at: http:\/\/InformationR.net\/ir\/4\u20102\/isic\/wiklund.html (accessed 10 April 2008)."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b136","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Wilkinson, M.A. (2001), \u201cInformation sources used by lawyers in problem\u2010solving: an empirical exploration\u201d, Library and Information Science Research, Vol. 23 No. 3, pp. 257\u201066.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0740-8188(01)00082-2"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b137","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Williamson, K. (2006), \u201cResearch in constructivist frameworks using ethnographic techniques\u201d, Library Trends, Vol. 55 No. 1, pp. 83\u2010101.","DOI":"10.1353\/lib.2006.0054"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b138","unstructured":"Wolf, N. (2001), Misconceptions: Truth, Lies and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood, Chatto & Windus, London."},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b139","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Wu, M\u2010M. (2005), \u201cUnderstanding patrons' micro\u2010level information seeking (MLIS) in information retrieval situations\u201d, Information Processing and Management, Vol. 41 No. 4, pp. 929\u201047.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ipm.2004.08.007"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b140","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Yao, M.Z., Rice, R.E. and Wallis, K. (2007), \u201cPredicting user concerns about online privacy\u201d, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Vol. 58 No. 5, pp. 710\u201022.","DOI":"10.1002\/asi.20530"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b141","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Yi, Z. (2007), \u201cInternational student perceptions of information needs and use\u201d, Journal of Academic Librarianship, Vol. 33 No. 6, pp. 666\u201073.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.acalib.2007.09.003"},{"key":"key2022020419431406500_b142","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Yoo, E\u2010Y. and Robbins, L.S. (2008), \u201cUnderstanding middle\u2010aged women's health information seeking on the web: a theoretical approach\u201d, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Vol. 59 No. 4, pp. 577\u201090.","DOI":"10.1002\/asi.20766"}],"container-title":["Journal of Documentation"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emeraldinsight.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1108\/00220411011016399","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/00220411011016399\/full\/xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/00220411011016399\/full\/html","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,24]],"date-time":"2025-07-24T23:38:11Z","timestamp":1753400291000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emerald.com\/jd\/article\/66\/1\/113-139\/197135"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2010,1,19]]},"references-count":142,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2010,1,19]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1108\/00220411011016399"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/00220411011016399","relation":{},"ISSN":["0022-0418"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0022-0418","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2010,1,19]]}}}