A context-based study of serendipity in information
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A context-based study of serendipity in information research among Chinese scholars

Purpose: The current understanding of serendipity is based primarily on studies employing Westerners as participants, and it remains uncertain whether or not this understanding would be pervasive under different cultures, such as in China. In addition, there is not a sufficient systematic investigat...

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Main Authors:	Zhou, Xiaosong, Sun, Xu, Wang, Qingfeng, Sharples, Sarah
Format:	Article
Published:	Emerald 2018
Subjects:	serendipity; context; model; information encountering
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49032/

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