Online Information Seeking Behavior

Abrahamson, J. A., Fisher, K. E., Turner, A. G., Durrance, J. C., & Turner, T. C. (2008). Lay information mediary behavior uncovered: Exploring how nonprofessionals seek health information for themselves and others online. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 96, 310-323.

AlGhamdi, K. M., & Moussa, N. A. (2012). Internet use by the public to search for health-related information. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 81, 363-373.

Armstrong, N., & Powell, J. (2009). Patient perspectives on health advice posted on Internet discussion boards: A qualitative study. Journal Compilation, 12, 313-320.

Ademiluyi, G., Rees, C. E., Sheard, C. E. (2003). Evaluating the reliability and validity of three tools to assess the quality of health information on the Internet. Patient Education and Counseling, 50, 151-155.

Allwes, D., & Popovich, M. L. (2007). Empowering patients and researchers through a common health information. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 127, 219-228.

Anderson, S. C., & Guyton, M. R. (2013). Ethics in an age of information seekers: A survey of licensed healthcare providers about online social networking. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 31, 112-128.

Askari, M., Eslami, S., Medlock, S., de Rooij, S. E., & Abu-Hanna, A. (2013). Fall-related information seeking behavior of seniors on the web. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 205, 647-651.

Austin, L., Liu, B. F., & Jin, Y. (2012). How audiences seek out crisis information: Exploring the social-mediated crisis communication model. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 40, 188-207.

Austin, L., Liu, B. F., & Jin, Y. (2012). How audiences seek out crisis information: Exploring the social-mediated crisis communication model. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 40, 188-207.

Atack, L., & Luke, R. (2012). The impact of validated, online health education resources on patient and community members’ satisfaction and health behaviour. Health Education Journal, 71, 211-218.

Ayers, J. W., Althouse, B. M., Allem, J.-P., Rosenquist, J. N., & Ford, D. E. (2013). Seasonality in seeking: Mental health information on Google. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 44, 520-525.

Ayers, S. L., & Kronenfeld, J. J. (2007). Chronic illness and health-seeking information on the Internet. Health, 11, 327-347.

Bader, S. A., & Braude, R. M. (1998). “Patient informatics”: Creating new partnerships in medical decision making. Academic Medicine, 73, 408-411.

Balka, E., Krueger, G., Holmes, B. J., & Stephen, J. E. (2010). Situating Internet use: Information-seeking among young women with breast cancer. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 15, 389-411.

Bass, S. B., Ruzek, S. B., Gordon, T. F., Fleisher, L., McKeown-Conn, N., & Moore, D. (2006). Relationship of Internet health information use with patient behavior and self-efficacy: Experiences of newly diagnosed cancer patients who contact the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service. Journal of Health Communication, 11, 219-236.

Baker, L., Wagner, T. H., Bundorf, M. K., & Singer, S. (2003). Use of the Internet for health information and communication: Reply. Journal of the American Medical Association, 290, 2257-2258.

Baker, L., Wagner, T. H., Singer, S., & Bundorf, M. K. (2003). Use of the Internet and e-mail for health care information. Journal of the American Medical Association, 289, 2400-2406.

Baldwin, A. S., Cvengros, J. A., Christensen, A. J., Ishani, A., & Kaboli, P. J. (2008). Preferences for a patient-centered role orientation: Association with patient-information-seeking behavior and clinical markers of health. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 35, 80-86.

Barman-Adhikari, A., & Rice, E. (2011). Sexual health information seeking online among runaway and homeless youth. Journal of Social Work Research and Evaluation, 2, 88-103.

Barnes, M. D., Penrod, C., Neiger, B. L., Merrill, R. M., Thackeray, R., Eggett, D. L., & Thomas, E. (2003). Measuring the relevance of evaluation criteria among health information seekers in the internet. Journal of Health Psychology, 8, 71-82.

Baruchson-Arbib, S., & Bronstein, J. (2007). Humanists as information users in the digital age: The case of Jewish studies scholars in Israel. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58, 2269-2279.

Bates, B. R., Romina, S. M., & Ahmed, R. (2007). The effect of improved readability scores on consumers' perceptions of the quality of health information on the Internet. Journal of Cancer Education, 22, 15-20.

Bates, B. R., Romina, S., Ahmed, R., & Hopson, D. (2006). The effect of source credibility on consumers' perceptions of the quality of health information on the Internet. Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine, 31, 45-52.

Baumgartner, S. E., & Hartmann, T. (2011). The role of health anxiety in online health information search. CyberPsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 14, 613-618.

Bawden, D., & Robinson, L. (2009). The dark side of information: Overload, anxiety and other paradoxes and pathologies. Journal of Information Science, 35, 180-191.

Beacom, A. M., & Newman, S. J. (2010). Communicating health information to disadvantaged populations. Family and Community Health, 33, 152-162.

Bekkerman, A., & Gilpin, G. (2013). High-speed Internet growth and the demand for locally accessible information content. Journal of Urban Economics, 77, 1-10.

Belcher, J. V. R., & Holdcraft, C. (2001). Web-based information for depression: Helpful or hazardous? Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 7, 61-66.

Beldad, A., de Jong, M., & Steehouder, M. (2011). A comprehensive theoretical framework for personal information-related behaviors on the Internet. Information Society, 27, 220-232.

Bell, R. A., Hu, X., Orrange, S. E., & Kravitz, R. L. (2011). Lingering questions  and doubts: Online information-seeking of support forum members  following their medical visits. Patient Education and Counseling, 85, 525-528.

Bell, V. (2007). Online information, extreme communities and Internet therapy: Is the Internet good for our mental health? Journal of Mental Health, 16, 445-457.

Bennett, N. L., Casebeer, L. L., Kristofco, R. E., & Strasser, S. M. (2004). Physicians’ Internet information-seeking behaviors. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 24, 31-38.

Bennett, N. L., Casebeer, L. L., Zheng, S., & Kristofco, R. (2006). Information-seeking behaviors and reflective practice. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 26, 120-127.

Benotsch, E. G., Kalichman, S., & Weinhardt, L. S. (2004). HIV – AIDS patients' evaluation of health information on the Internet: The digital divide and vulnerability to fraudulent claims. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 1004-1011.

Berland, G. K., Elliott, M. N., Morales, L. S., Algazy, J. I., Kravitz, R. L., Kravitz, R. L., Kanouse, D. E., Munoz, J. A., Puyol, J., Lara, M., Watkins, K. E., Yang, H., & McGlynn, E. A. (2006). Health information on the Internet: Accessibility, quality, and readability in English and Spanish. Journal of the American Medical Association, 285, p.2612-p.2621.

Bernard, E., Arnould, M., Saint-Lary, O., Duhota, D., & Hebbrechta, G. (2012). Internet use for information seeking in clinical practice: A cross-sectional survey among French general practitioners. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 81, 493-499.

Bernstam, E. V., Walji, M. F., Sagaram, S., Sagaram, D., Johnson, C. W., & Meric-Bernstam, F. (2008). Commonly cited website quality criteria are not effective at identifying inaccurate online information about breast cancer. Cancer, 112, 1206-1213.

Bert, F., Gualano, M. R., Brusaferro, S., De Vito, E., de Waure, C., La Torre, G., Manzoli, L., Messina, G., Todros, T., Torregrossa, M. V., & Siliquini, R. (2013). Pregnancy e-health: a multicenter Italian cross-sectional study on Internet use and decision-making among pregnant women. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 67, 1013-1018.

Bessell, T., Anderson, J., Sansom, L., & Hiller, J. (2003). Use of the Internet for health information and communication: Comment. Journal of the American Medical Association, 290, 2256.

Bhatnagar, A., & Ghose, S. (2004). Online information search termination patterns across product categories and consumer demographics. Journal of Retailing, 80, 221-228.

Bigné-Alcañiz, E., Ruiz-Mafé, C., Aldás-Manzano, J., & Sanz-Blas, S. (2008). Influence of online shopping information dependency and innovativeness on Internet shopping adoption. Online Information Review, 32, 648-667.

Boissin, F. G. (2005). Information-seeking behaviour and use of the Internet by French general practitioners: A qualitative study. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 22, 173-181.

Boker, S. M., & Crowell, C. R. (2004).  Proposal for the creation of a Web-based heterogeneous distributed archive for psychological data. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments & Computers, 36, 670-677.

Boot, C. R. L., & Meijman, F. J. (2010). The public and the Internet: Multifaceted drives for seeking health information. Health Informatics Journal, 16, 145-156.

Borah, P. (2014). The hyperlinked world: A look at how the interactions of news frames and hyperlinks influence news credibility and willingness to seek information. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 19, 576-590.

Borzekowski, D. L. G., Fobil, J. N., & Asante, K. O. (2006). Online access by adolescents in Accra: Ghanaian teens’ use of the Internet for health information. Developmental Psychology, 42, 450-458.

Borzekowski, D. L. G., Leith, J., Medoff, D. R., Potts, W., Dixon, L. B., Balis, T., Hackman, A. L., & Himelhoch, S. (2009). Use of the Internet and other media for health information among clinic outpatients with serious mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 60, 1265-1268.

Borzekowski, D. L. G., & Rickert, V. I. (2001). Adolescent cybersurfing for health information: A new resource that crosses barriers. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescence Medicine, 155, 813-817.

Bos, M. J. W., Koolstra, C. M., & Willems, J. T. J. M. (2009). Adolescent responses toward a new technology: First associations, information seeking and affective responses to ecogenomics. Public Understanding of Science, 18, 243-253.

Bowen, D. (2003). Predictors of women's Internet access and Internet health seeking. Health Care for Women International, 24, 940-951.

Bowen, D. J., Ludwig, A., Bush, N., Unruh, H. K., Meischke, H., Wooldridge, J. A., & Robbins, R. (2003). Early experience with a Web-based intervention to inform risk of breast cancer. Journal of Health Psychology, 8, 175-186.

Boyer, C., & Patterson, J. (2010). Health information on the Internet: What about the quality? In A. Brunet, A. R. Ashbaugh, & C. F. Herbert (Eds.), Internet use in the aftermath of trauma (pp. 45-70). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: IOS Press.

Brand-Gruwel, S., Wopereis, I., & Walraven, A. (2009). A descriptive model of information problem solving while using Internet. Computers & Education, 53, 1207-1217.

Bratucu, R., Gheorghe, I. R., Purcarea, R. M., Gheorghe, C. M., Velea, O. P., & Purcarea, V. L. (2014). Cause and effect: The linkage between the health information seeking behavior and the online environment: A review. Journal of Medicine and Life, 7, 310-316.

Bremner, J. D., Quinn, J., Quinn, W., & Veledar, E. (2006). Surfing the Net for medical information about psychological trauma: An empirical study of the quality and accuracy of trauma-related websites. Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine, 31, 227-236.

Bright, M. A., Fleisher, L., Thomsen, T., Morra, M. E., Matcus, A., & Gehring, W. (2005). Exploring e-Health usage and interest among cancer information service users: The need for personalized interactions and multiple channels remains. Journal of Health Communication, 10, 35–52.

Brigo, F., Igwe, S. C., Ausserer, H., Nardone, R., Tezzon, F., Bongiovanni, L. G., & Trinka, E. (2014). Why do people Google epilepsy? An infodemiological study of online behavior for epilepsy-related search terms. Epilepsy & Behavior, 31, 67-70.

Buchanan, T., Joinson, A. N., Paine, C., & Reips, U.-D. (2007). Looking for medical information on the Internet: self-disclosure, privacy and trust. Health Informaion on the Internet, 58, 8-9.

Bucklin, R. E., & Sismeiro, C. (2003). A model of web site browsing behavior estimated on clickstream data. Journal of Marketing Research, 40, 249-267.

Buente, W., & Robbin, A. (2008). Trends in Internet information behavior, 2000-2004. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59, 1743-1760.

Bundorf, M. K., Wagner, T. H., Singer, S. J., & Baker, L. C. (2006). Who searches the Internet for health information? Health Services Research, 41, 819-836.

Burneo, J. G. (2006). An evaluation of the quality of epilepsy education on the Canadian World Wide Web. Epilepsy & Behavior, 8, 299-302.

Bylund, C. L., Gueguen, J. A., D'Agostino, T. A., Imes, R. S., & Sonet, E. (2009). Cancer patients' decisions about discussing Internet information with their doctors. Psycho-Oncology, 18, 1139-1146.

Bylund, C. L., Gueguen, J. A., D'Agostino, T. A., Li, Y., & Sonet, E. (2009). Doctor-patient communication about cancer-related Internet information. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 28, 127-142.

Bylund, C. L., Gueguen, J. A., Sabee, C. M., Imes, R. S., Li, Y., & Sanford, A. A. (2007). Provider-patient dialogue about Internet health information: An exploration of strategies to improve the provider-patient relationship. Patient Education and Counseling, 66, 346-352.

Byrnes, J. A., Kulick, T. A., & Schwartz, D. G. (2004). Information-seeking behavior changes in community-based teaching practices. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 92, 334-340.

Cain, D. S. (2008). Parenting online and lay literature on infant spanking: Information readily available to parents. Social Work Health Care, 47, 174-184.

Caiata-Zufferey, M., Abraham, A., Sommerhalder, K., & Schulz, P. J. (2010). Online health information seeking in the context of the medical consultation in Switzerland. Qualitative Health Research, 20, 1050-1061.

Caldas, A., Schroeder, R., Mesch, G. S., & Dutton, W. H. (2008). Patterns of information search and access on the world wide web: Democratizing expertise or creating new hierarchies? Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13, 769-793.

Campbell, R. J. (2008).  Meeting seniors' information needs: Using computer technology. Home Health Care Management & Practice, 20, 328-335.

Campbell, R. J. (2009). Internet-based health information seeking among low-income, minority seniors living in urban residential centers. Home Health Care Management & Practice, 21, 195-202.

Cardelle, A. J. F., & Rodriguez, E. G. (2005). The quality of Spanish health information websites: An emerging disparity. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 29, 85-102.

Carpenter, D. M., DeVellis, R. F., Hogan, S. L., Fisher, E. B., DeVellis, B. M., & Jordan, J. M. (2011). Use and perceived credibility of medication information sources for patients with a rare illness: Differences by gender. Journal of Health Communication, 16, 629–642.

Casas, F., Gonzalez, M., Figuer, C., & Coenders, G. (2004). Subjective well-being, values and goal achievement: The case of planned versus by chance searches on the Internet. Social Indicators Research, 66, 123-141.

Case, D. O. (2006). Information behavior. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 40, 293-327.

Casey, L. M., Joy, A., & Clough, B. A. (2013). The impact of information on attitudes toward e-mental health services. CyberPsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 16, 593-598.

Casteel, M. A. (2003). Teaching students to evaluate Web information as they learn about psychological disorders. Teaching of Psychology, 30, 258-260.

Catalano, A. (2013). Patterns of graduate students’ information seeking behavior: A meta-synthesis of the literature. Journal of Documentation, 69, 243-274.

Chaffin, A. J., & Maddux, C. D. (2007). Accessibility accommodations for older adults seeking e-health information. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 33, 6-12.

Chang, S. J., & Im, E.-O. (2014). A path analysis of Internet health information seeking behaviors among older adults. Geriatric Nursing, 35, 137-141.

Chaudhuri, S., Le, T., White, C., Thompson, H., & Demiris, G. (2013). Examining health information-seeking behaviors of older adults. Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 31, 547-553.

Chen, C. F., Tang, Q., Huang, X., Wu, Z. Q., Hua, H. Y., Yu, Y., & Chen S. (2009). An assessment of the completeness of scholarly information on the Internet. College & Research Libraries, 70, 386-401.

Chen, W., & Lee, K.-H. (2014). More than search? Informational and participatory eHealth behaviors. Computers in Human Behavior, 30, 103-109.

Cheshire, C., & Antin, J. (2008). The social psychological effects of feedback on the production of Internet information pools. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13, 705-727.

Cheung, C. M. K., Lee, M. K. O., & Lee, Z. W. Y. (2013). Understanding the continuance intention of knowledge sharing in online communities of practice through the post-knowledge-sharing evaluation processes. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 64, 1357-1374.

Chiarella, D.(2009). Using web 2.0 to create an autism resource. Journal of Consumer Health On the Internet, 13, 281-286.

Chiou, W.-B., & Wan, C.-S. (2007). The dynamic change of self-efficacy in information searching on the Internet: Influence of valence of experience and prior self-efficacy. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 141, 589-603.

Chiu, Y.-L., Liang, J.-C., & Tsai, C.-C. (2013). Internet-specific epistemic beliefs and self-regulated learning in online academic information searching. Metacognition and Learning, 8, 235-260.

Childs, S. (2005). Judging the quality of Internet-based health information. Performance Measurement and Metrics, 6, 80-96.

Chisolm, D. J. (2010). Does online health information seeking act like a health behavior?: A test of the behavioral model. Telemedicine and E-Health, 16, 154-160.

Chisolm, D. J., Hardin, D. S., McCoy, K. S., Johnson, L. D., McAlearney, A. S., & Gardner, W. (2011). Health literacy and willingness to use online health information by teens asthma and diabetes. Telemedicine and E-Health, 9, 676-682.

Cho, H. C., & Lee, J. S. (2008). Collaborative information seeking in intercultural computer-mediated communication groups - Testing the influence of social context using social network analysis. Communication Research, 35, 548-573.

Choi, J. H., Watt, J. H., & Lynch, M. (2006). Perceptions of news credibility about the war in Iraq: Why war opponents perceived the Internet as the most credible medium. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12, 209-229.

Chu, A., Huber, J., Mastel-Smith, B., & Cesario, S. (2009). ‘‘Partnering with Seniors for Better Health’’: Computer use and Internet health information retrieval among older adults in a low socioeconomic community. Journal of Medical Library Association, 97, 12-20.

Chu, A., & Mastel-Smith, B. (2010). The outcomes of anxiety, confidence, and self-efficacy with Internet health information retrieval in older adults: A pilot study. Computers Informatics Nursing, 28, 222-228.

Chu, S. K.-W. (2008). TWiki for knowledge building and management. Online Information Review, 32, 745-758.

Chung, S., & Han, I. (2013). Factors influencing information distortion in online deliberations: The effects of informational characteristics and regulatory focus. Computers in Human Behavior, 29, 2188-2196.

Cline, R. J. W., & Haynes, K. M. (2001). Consumer health information seeking on the Internet: The state of art. Health Education Research, 16, 671-692. 

Cockburn, A., & McKenzie, B. (2001). What do web users do? An empirical analysis of web use. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 54, 903-922.

Cohall, A. T., Nye, A., Moon-Howard, J., Kukafka, R., Dye, B., Vaughan, R. D., & Northridge, M. E. (2011). Computer use, Internet access, and online health searching among harlem adults. American Journal of Health Promotion, 25, 325-333.

Connaway, L. S., Dickey, T. J., & Radford, M. L. (2011). “If it is too inconvenient I'm not going after it:” Convenience as a critical factor in information-seeking behaviors. Library & Information Science Research, 33, 179-190.

Consalvo, M. (2002). Selling the Internet to women: The early years. In M. Consaluo, & S. Paasonen (Eds.), Women & everyday uses of the Internet: Agency & identity (pp. 111-138). New York: Perer Lang Publishing.

Cooks, L., Castsneda Paredes, M., & Scharrer, E. (2002). “There’s ‘O Place’ like home”: Searching for community on Oprah.com. In M. Consaluo, & S. Paasonen (Eds.), Women & everyday uses of the Internet: Agency & identity (pp. 139-167). New York: Perer Lang Publishing.

Corcoran, T. B., Haigh, F., & Schug, S. A. (2009). The quality of Internet-sourced information for patients with chronic pain is poor. Clinical Journal of Pain, 25, 617-623.

Corcoran, T. B., Haigh, F., Seabrook, A., & Schug, S. A. (2010). A survey of patients’ use of the Internet for chronic pain-related information. Pain Medicine, 11, 512-517.

Cotten, S. R., & Gupta, S. S. (2004). Characteristics of online and offline health information seekers and factors that discriminate between them. Social Science & Medicine, 59, 1795-1806.

Couper, M. P., Singer, E., Levin, C. A., Fowler, F. J., Fagerlin, A., & Zikmund-Fisher, B. J. (2010). Use of the Internet and ratings of information sources for medical decisions: Results from the decisions survey. Medical Decision Making, 30, 106-114.

Cresci, M. K., Jarosz, P. A., & Templin, T. N. (2012). Are health answers online for older adults? Educational Gerontology, 38, 10-19.

Cutilli, C. C. (2010). Seeking health information: What sources do your patients use? Orthopaedic Nursing, 29, 214-219.

Czaja, S. J., Sharit, J., Hernandez, M. A., Nair, S. N., Loewenstein, D. (2010). Variability among older adults in Internet health information-seeking performance. Gerontechnology, 9, 46-55.

D’Ambra, J., & Rice1, R. E. (2001). Emerging factors in user evaluation of the World Wide Web. Information & Management, 38, 373-384.

D’Ambra, J., & Wilson, C. S. (2004). Use of the world wide web for international travel: Integrating the construct of uncertainty in information seeking and the task-technology fit (TTF) model. Journal of the American Society for Informaion Science and Technology, 55, 731-742.

Daim, T. U., Basoglu, N., & Topacan, U. (2013). Adoption of health information technologies: The case of a wireless monitor for diabetes and obesity patients. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 25, 923-938.

Dart, J. (2008). The Internet as source of health information in three disparate communities. Australian Health Review, 32, 559-569.

Das, S., Echambadi, R., McCardle, M., Luckett, M. (2003). The effect of interpersonal trust, need for cognition, and social loneliness on shopping, information seeking and surfing on the Web. Marketing Letters, 14, 185-202.

D’Auria, J. P. (2012). Googling for health information. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 26, 21-23.

David, P., Song, M., Hayes, A., & Fredin, E. S. (2007). A cyclic model of information seeking in hyperlinked environments: The role of goals, self-efficacy, and intrinsic motivation. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 65, 170-182.

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Davis, V. (2012). Interconnected but underprotected? Parents’ methods and motivations for information seeking on digital safety issues. CyberPsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 15, 669-674.

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Delić, D., Polasek, O., & Kern, J. (2006). Internet health-information seekers in Croatia--Who, what, and why? Medical Informatics and The Internet in Medicine, 31, 267-273.

Deluca, P., & Schifano, F. (2007). Searching the Internet for drug-related web sites: Analysis of online available information on ecstasy (MDMA). American Journal on Addictions, 16, 479-483.

Dennis, A. R., & Taylor, N. J. (2006). Information foraging on the Web: The effects of "acceptable" Internet delays on multi-page information search behavior. Decision Support Systems, 42, 810-824.

Detlor, B. (2003). Internet-based information systems use in organizations: An information studies perspective. Information Systems Journal, 13, 113-132.

Devivo, M. J., Underhill, A. T., & Fine, P. R. (2004). Accuracy of world-wide Web death searches for persons with traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 18, 1155-1162.

de Vries, B., van der Meij, H., & Lazonder, A. W. (2008). Supporting reflective web searching in elementary schools. Computers in Human Behavior, 24, 649-665.

Dewey Bergren, M. (2009). Child and adolescent mental health web resources. Journal of School Nursing, 18, 226-228.

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Dobransky, K., & Hargittai, E. (2012). Inquiring minds acquiring wellness: Uses of online and offline sources for health information. Health Communication, 27, 331-343.

Dolce, M. C. (2011). The Internet as a source of health information: Experiences of cancer survivors and caregivers with healthcare providers. Oncology Nursing Forum, 38, 353-359.

Dollar, K. M., Mix, J. M., & Kozlowski, L. T. (2008). Little cigars, big cigars: Omissions and commissions of harm and harm reduction information on the Internet. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 10, 819-826.

Dommes, A., Chevalier, A., & Rossetti, M. (2010). Searching for information on the World Wide Web with a search engine: A pilot study on cognitive flexibility in younger and older users. Psychological Reports, 106, 490-498.

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Downing, R. E., Moore, J. L., & Brown, S. W. (2005). The effects and interaction of spatial visualization and domain expertise on information seeking. Computers in Human Behavior, 21, 195-209.

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Dutta, M. J., Pfister, R., & Kosmoski, C. (2010). Consumer evaluation of genetic information online: The role of quality on attitude and behavioral intentions. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 15, 592-605.

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Escoffery, C., DiIorio, C., Yeager, K. A., McCarty, F., Robinson, E., Reisinger, E., Henry, T., & Koganti, A. (2008). Use of computers and the Internet for health information by patients with epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 12, 109-114.

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Eynon, R., & Malmberg, L.-E. (2012). Understanding the online information-seeking behaviours of young people: The role of networks of support. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 28, 514-529.

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