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Spink, A., Currier, J. (2006). Emerging Evolutionary Approach to Human Information 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_2
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