This thesis is an exploratory study of the information seeking behavior of junior enlisted United States Army veterans of Operation Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. During this study, twenty-five qualitative interviews were conducted with veterans residing in the vicinity of Fayetteville, North Carolina. Veterans in this study discussed their experiences with the Army Career and Alumni Program (ACAP), the Veterans Affairs Office, non-profit agencies, and extended families as primary sources of information during and after transition using their reported "out date" as a frame of reference. The types of information that the veterans sought prior to transition and currently seek were discussed and compared to analyze their information seeking behavior and how it changes as veterans seek to contextualize and make sense of their place in the civilian world. / A Thesis submitted to the School of Library and Information Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Summer Semester, 2013. / May 3, 2013. / army, junior enlisted, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom,
veterans, veterans affairs / Includes bibliographical references. / Melissa Gross, Professor Directing Thesis; Mia Lustria, Committee Member; Sanghee Oh, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_183745 |
| Contributors | Hannaford, Leah (authoraut), Gross, Melissa (professor directing thesis), Lustria, Mia (committee member), Oh, Sanghee (committee member), School of Library and Information Studies (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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