Barriers To Information: How Formal Help Systems Fail Battered Women (Contributions In Librarianship And Information Science)

Barriers to Information: How Formal Help Systems Fail Battered Women (Contributions in Librarianship and Information Science)

Ordinary citizens face a frustrating and increasingly complex maze of human service agencies when they seek help for everyday problems, even though one stop information and referral centers have been established to facilitate information seeking in many communities. This book explores the relationship between the information needs of battered women and the information response provided through social networks in six communities of varying size.