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Understanding Human Information Behavior

When, How, and Why People Interact with Information

By: Beth St. Jean,Ursula Gorham,Elizabeth Bonsignore

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Understanding Human Information Behavior

When, How, and Why People Interact with Information

By: Beth St. Jean,Ursula Gorham,Elizabeth Bonsignore

This introductory textbook aims to provide undergraduate students in information science and related disciplines with an applied grounding in information behavior. The book’s primary focus is to provide explicit links between information behavior and the careers that students will pursue within the information professions. With a deeper understanding of information behavior, students will be better equipped to address the many types of barriers that frequently prevent people from effectively and efficiently accessing, understanding, managing, and/or using the information they need in the “real world.” The first six chapters of the book provide students with the fundamental building blocks of information behavior, introduce them to important related concepts, and provide a deep dive into information literacy, digital literacy, the digital divide and digital inclusion. Chapters 7 through 12 introduce students to the scholarly communication system, providing guidance on how to find, read, and critically evaluate information behavior studies. Also explored in these chapters are the various methods used to investigate and understand people’s information behaviors. Topics covered include research design, research methods, research ethics, user needs assessment, and human-computer interaction and associated design methods. This part of the book also covers some of the major information behavior models and theories that have been developed to describe, predict, and/or explain people’s information behaviors. In chapters 13 through 16, the authors provide an in-depth look into their own information behavior research areas, including consumer health information behavior and health justice; youth information behavior; legal information behavior and access to justice; and information behavior in libraries. In the final chapter, students are first introduced to a wide range of careers within the information professions and then taken along on a deep dive into 10 specific jobs, with a special focus on the thread of information behavior that pervades the roles and responsibilities commonly associated with these positions. Each chapter begins with one or more scenarios illustrating concepts covered in the chapter and ends with discussion questions.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538119145

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9781538119143

American Writers and the Picturesque Tour

The Search for National Identity, 1790-1860

By: Beth L. Lueck

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American Writers and the Picturesque Tour

The Search for National Identity, 1790-1860

By: Beth L. Lueck

Explores a beloved genre Even before the age of the Romantics, travel literature was a favorite genre of English and American writers and readers. After the War of 1812, Americans' passion for scenic beauty inspired them to take the picturesque tour of America as well as going to Europe for the requisite Grand Tour. The written American version of the popular British tour in various guidebooks helped shape the literature of the new nation as nearly every major writer of the first half of the 19th century contributed to it from Poe, who provided several comic pieces, and Irving to Thoreau, for whom the tour symbolized moral and spiritual growth, and Margaret Fuller. Offers new perspectives American writers adapted the picturesque to express their nationalistic sentiments; picturesque discourse offered a flexible series of conventions that enable writers to celebrate the places, people, and legends that set America apart. This volume demonstrates the vital role of this genre in the formation of national literary taste and national culture and offers fresh and exciting perspectives on the topic. Includes index. Also includes maps.

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183

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Routledge

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1135813590

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9781135813598

Complexity Leadership

Nursing's Role in Health Care Delivery

By: Diana M Crowell,Beth Boynton

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Complexity Leadership

Nursing's Role in Health Care Delivery

By: Diana M Crowell,Beth Boynton

Lead effectively in today's complex health systems! As hospitals and healthcare organizations strive to meet standards to achieve status in the Magnet Hospital Recognition Program and address the issues in the Institute of Medicine’s Nursing Work Force Issues Initiative, they must be able to respond in ways that embrace rapid change. The 3rd Edition of this groundbreaking text addresses the leadership roles advanced practice nurses can assume in this new environment. It defines the concept of complexity and teaches the leadership skills that are best suited for complex adaptive systems, while also enabling you to build the self-awareness you need to learn new ways to lead. Case studies help you apply your new skills and prepare for your advanced practice roles.

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F.A. Davis

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0803699077

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9780803699076

Internships, High-Impact Practices, and Provocative Praxis in Higher Education

A Social Justice Framework Based on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access

By: Beth Manke,Bonnie Gasior,Michelle Chang

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Internships, High-Impact Practices, and Provocative Praxis in Higher Education

A Social Justice Framework Based on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access

By: Beth Manke,Bonnie Gasior,Michelle Chang

This authored text critically examines the theory and practice of college internship programs grounded in equity, diversity, inclusion, and access (EDIA) to examine issues such as infrastructure, inclusion, and privilege through "provocative praxis," a form of provocative inquiry that drives the ethics of pedagogy to envision student success both equitably and sustainably. Chapters use real-life, scenario-based examples through a social-justice framework to engage readers and spark multi-directional discussion aimed at removing obstacles to equitable participation in internships for all students. Ultimately, this book offers a holistic understanding of internships that factors in the social, economic, and cultural challenges faced by college students today, and calls for wholescale reform to college campus internship programs.

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106

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Taylor & Francis

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1003856934

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9781003856931

Why the French Love Jerry Lewis

From Cabaret to Early Cinema

By: Rae Beth Gordon

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Why the French Love Jerry Lewis

From Cabaret to Early Cinema

By: Rae Beth Gordon

Vividly bringing to light the tradition of physical comedy in the French cabaret, cafe-concert, and early French film comedy, this book answers the perplexing question, "Why do the French love Jerry Lewis?" It shows how Lewis touches a nerve in the French cultural memory because, more than any other film comic, he incarnates a distinctively French tradition of performance style.

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Stanford University Press

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0804738947

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The Essential Sociologist

An Introduction

By: Beth B. Hess,Peter J. Stein,Susan A. Farrell

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The Essential Sociologist

An Introduction

By: Beth B. Hess,Peter J. Stein,Susan A. Farrell

Combines pedagogy with the developments in sociological research and orientations in the field of sociology. This book offers material for exploring the social diversity of the world - from small, traditional societies to large, developing, and industrialized societies. It is useful for instructors and students.

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498

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Roxbury Publishing Company

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1891487493

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9781891487491

Organic Wire and Metal Jewelry

Stunning Pieces Made with Sea Glass, Stones, and Crystals

By: Beth L. Martin,Eva M. Sherman

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Organic Wire and Metal Jewelry

Stunning Pieces Made with Sea Glass, Stones, and Crystals

By: Beth L. Martin,Eva M. Sherman

Showcasing gemstones, crystals, sea glass, and pearls, this book offers new ways to incorporate raw materials into beautiful jewelry pieces. Readers will learn multiple techniques, including wireworking, drilling, stamping, riveting, simple setting, and more. Clear instructions and photographs guide even a beginner jewelry-maker through each project successfully, and the reader can choose to substitute stones or other beads as desired. With a wide range of stylish and organic designs, and a gallery for extra inspiration, every wireworker or metalworker will find the perfect project.

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113

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Kalmbach Books

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1627001077

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9781627001076

MidLife Solo

writing through chaos to find my place in the world

By: Beth Kaplan

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MidLife Solo

writing through chaos to find my place in the world

By: Beth Kaplan

These essays — moving, engaging, and deeply personal — explore the themes of family responsibility, growing up, and growing older. As the author, a divorced single mother beginning a new life and career in her forties, delves into the details of her own situation, she illuminates universal truths about what matters most: love, fulfillment, and the pain and necessity of huge change.These pieces about a woman in midlife struggling to come into her own in a complicated world are rich in insight and written with warmth, humour, and clear-eyed, sometimes devastating, honesty.“ Over a ten-year period, more than fifty of my essays appeared in newspapers, magazines, and on CBC radio, read by me. These intensely personal stories were published or broadcast on air almost as soon as I' d written them. For this former actor and lifelong diarist just beginning to emerge as a writer, they were a wonderful combination of writing and performance; the feedback I received sounded like applause.But those years, from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s, were difficult. I was the single mother of two teenagers, struggling to make a living and find a new path through the world."Beth Kaplan

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Mosaic Press

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1771617349

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Miracle at Midlife

A Transatlantic Romance

By: Roni Beth Tower

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Miracle at Midlife

A Transatlantic Romance

By: Roni Beth Tower

2017 Gold Medal IPPY Award in Autobiography/Memoir They first meet in Paris in the spring of 1996. David is a divorced American attorney living on a converted barge moored on the banks of the Seine; Roni Beth is an empty-nested clinical and research psychologist working from her home in Connecticut. Now in their fifties, both have signed off on loving again—until they meet each other. Miracle at Midlife tells the inspiring story of Roni Beth and David’s intense and transformative transatlantic courtship. Along the way, David the loner, living amid the beauty, freedom, and pleasures of Paris, brings Roni Beth, a responsible and overextended professional haunted by earlier loss and trauma, back to her core as a woman, while she helps him reclaim connections that tie him to a larger world. They wrestle internal demons (mostly hers) and external threats (friends, family and different perspectives) as they share adventures in their respective worlds. Throughout their journey, stories of courage, joy and integrity bring hope and delight to those who wonder how romantic love appears and evolves; inspiration to people in mid-life who, knowingly or unknowingly, have completed a chapter in their lives and are ready to move on; and comfort to anyone who longs to wrestle and conquer the demons of fear, born of history or of the unknown, and win. Testimony that love is real.

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Simon and Schuster

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1631521241

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9781631521249

Collective Terms

Race, Culture, and Community in a State-Planned City in France

By: Beth S. Epstein

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Collective Terms

Race, Culture, and Community in a State-Planned City in France

By: Beth S. Epstein

The banlieue, the mostly poor and working-class suburbs located on the outskirts of major cities in France, gained international media attention in late 2005 when riots broke out in some 250 such towns across the country. Pitting first- and second-generation immigrant teenagers against the police, the riots were an expression of the multiplicity of troubles that have plagued these districts for decades. This study provides an ethnographic account of life in a Parisian banlieue and examines how the residents of this multiethnic city come together to build, define, and put into practice their collective life. The book focuses on the French ideal of integration and its consequences within the multicultural context of contemporary France. Based on research conducted in a state-planned ville nouvelle, or New Town, the book also provides a view on how the French state has used urban planning to shore up national priorities for social integration. Collective Terms proposes an alternative reading of French multiculturalism, suggesting fresh ways for thinking through the complex mix of race, class, nation, and culture that increasingly defines the modern urban experience.

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Berghahn Books

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0857450859

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9780857450852

Postcards from the Basque Country

A Journey of Enchantment and Imagination

By: Beth Nelson

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Postcards from the Basque Country

A Journey of Enchantment and Imagination

By: Beth Nelson

The author creates imaginary postcards to convey her feelings and experiences after traveling in the Basque region for four months.

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Stewart, Tabori, & Chang

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1556708939

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9781556708930

Count on Me

By: Beth Stanley

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Count on Me

By: Beth Stanley

Count On Me by Elizabeth Stanley released on Dec 25, 1991 is available now for purchase.

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Harlequin Books

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0373704860

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9780373704866

Book's by Beth St. Jean

Understanding Human Information Behavior

Understanding Human Information Behavior

American Writers and the Picturesque Tour

American Writers and the Picturesque Tour

Complexity Leadership

Complexity Leadership

Internships, High-Impact Practices, and Provocative Praxis in Higher Education

Internships, High-Impact Practices, and Provocative Praxis in Higher Education

Why the French Love Jerry Lewis

Why the French Love Jerry Lewis

The Essential Sociologist

The Essential Sociologist

Organic Wire and Metal Jewelry

Organic Wire and Metal Jewelry

MidLife Solo

MidLife Solo

Miracle at Midlife

Miracle at Midlife

Collective Terms

Collective Terms

Postcards from the Basque Country

Postcards from the Basque Country

Count on Me

Count on Me

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