Abstract #3

Ren, W. (1999). US government information need, awareness, and searching: a study of small business executives. Journal of Government Information 26(5), p. 453-465.

Literature was examined and the author determined that a major group of government information users yet to be studied is small business owners. The author sent out surveys to New Jersey business owners to determine their need for government information, their awareness of its availabilty (and its formats), and to what extent demographics played into information searching. Results showed that the main factors affecting searching were business competitiveness, age of business owners, and Internet access.