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A Cognitive Framework for Human Information Behavior: The Place of Metaphor in Human Information Organizing Behavior

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Cole, C., Leide, J.E. (2006). A Cognitive Framework for Human Information Behavior: The Place of Metaphor in Human Information Organizing Behavior. In: Spink, A., Cole, C. (eds) New Directions in Human Information Behavior. Information Science and Knowledge Management, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3670-1_10

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