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Heidi Julien

Researcher at University at Buffalo

Publications -  132
Citations -  3299

Heidi Julien is an academic researcher from University at Buffalo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Information literacy & Information behavior. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 120 publications receiving 2997 citations. Previous affiliations of Heidi Julien include University of Western Ontario & University of Alabama.

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Information behavior

TL;DR: The broad history of research on information-seeking behavior over the last 50–60 years is reviewed, major landmarks are identified, and current directions in research are discussed.
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How high-school students find and evaluate scientific information : A basis for information literacy skills development

TL;DR: This paper examined the relationship between curricula in secondary-level science classrooms, which support development of information literacy skills, and actual student skills and found that many students are unable to demonstrate sophisticated information searching and critical evaluation skills.
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Barriers to adolescents' information seeking for career decision making

TL;DR: For instance, this article found that 40% of youth do not know where to go for help in their decision making, and 38% feel that they need to go to too many different places for the information they require, while trustworthiness of information sources is critical to the ultimate usefulness of the help received.
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Trends in information behavior research, 1999–2008: A content analysis

TL;DR: A content analysis of articles published between 1999 and 2008 in the area of information behavior yielded results directly comparable to previous research and demonstrated little change in research methods employed, relative interest in particular user groups, or attention to affective variables as mentioned in this paper.
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A Content Analysis of the Recent Information Needs and Uses Literature

TL;DR: The value of this study was in the development of content analysis categories specifically applicable to the information needs and uses literature, that measure particular aspects of interest to researchers working in this area.