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The embedded subject service model in ubiquitous knowledge environments has gradually become an important means to deepen library service and promote its reform.The embedded subject services, established service system, its assessment and its support mechanisms were described, the embedded subject service model of medical library for affiliated hospitals in ubiquitous knowledge environments was elaborated in order to pave the way for improving the future service in college and university library.
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Users' cognition and information retrieval are faced with great challenges in ubiquitous knowledge environ-ment. The influence of cognitive factors such as personality traits, cognitive style and ability, knowledge structure and ascribed methods on users' information retrieval behaviors was thus analyzed. It was pointed out that different cognitive factors could influence the retrieval, judgment and absorption of its results,users' satisfaction and continuous use in ubiquitous knowledge environment,with suggestions put forward from the aspects of information retrieval education, information service and information users for improving the users ' knowledge system in knowledge assimilating process by working out effective retrieval strategies using the advantages of cognition.