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ARTICLES, PAPERS & COMMENTARIES:
Nilan, M. S. & Dervin, B. (1999). Beyond
agency to structure: Moving Quantitative Sense-Making to a focus on both
societal structural arrangements and information seeking agency. The Electronic Journal of Communication [On-line serial] 9 (2, 3, & 4).
Dervin, B., & Nilan, M. (1986). Information needs and uses. Annual review of information science and technology (Vol. 21, pp 3-33). White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications.
Spirek, M. M, Dervin, B., Nilan, M., & Martin, M. (1999). Bridging gaps between audience and media: A Sense-Making comparison of reader information needs in life-facing versus newspaper reading contexts. The Electronic Journal of Communication [On-line serial] 9 (2, 3, & 4).
DISSERTATIONS & THESES:
Nilan, M. S. (1985). Structural constraints and situational information seeking respondents: A test of two predictors in a Sense-Making context. Doctoral dissertation, University of Washington. Advisor, Brenda Dervin.
INSTRUMENTS, QUESTIONNAIRES & EXEMPLAR INTERVIEWS:
Nilan, M. S. (1983). Structural constraints and situational
information seeking respondents: Undergraduate university students interview
approach: Close-ended Sense-Making self -interview [On-line].
MEETINGS, CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS:
Nilan, M. S. (2003, May). Interpretive
methodology for organizing resources in information systems. Paper presented at a non-divisional workshop held at the meeting of the International Communication Association, San Diego, CA. (138
KB .pdf download).