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Looking for information : a survey of research on information seeking, needs, and behavior / by Donald O. Case, University of Kentucky, KY, USA, Lisa M. Given, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Studies in informationPublisher: Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xvi, 507 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781785609688 (hbk)
  • 1785609688 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 025.524 23/swe
  • 025.5/24 23
LOC classification:
  • ZA3075 .C37 2016
Contents:
Introduction, typical scenarios, and history of research -- Information behavior: an introduction -- The complex nature of information behavior -- The history and focus of information behavior researsh -- Concepts relevant to information behavior -- The concept of information -- Information needs, motivations, and use -- Related concepts -- Models and theories of information behavior -- Models of information behavior -- Metatheories, theories, and paradigms -- Research designs and methods for studying IB -- Research design, methodology, and methods -- Reviewing and critiquing research -- Research by roles and contexts -- Reviewing, critiquing, concluding.
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Includes blbliographical references (pages 389-473) and indexes.

Introduction, typical scenarios, and history of research -- Information behavior: an introduction -- The complex nature of information behavior -- The history and focus of information behavior researsh -- Concepts relevant to information behavior -- The concept of information -- Information needs, motivations, and use -- Related concepts -- Models and theories of information behavior -- Models of information behavior -- Metatheories, theories, and paradigms -- Research designs and methods for studying IB -- Research design, methodology, and methods -- Reviewing and critiquing research -- Research by roles and contexts -- Reviewing, critiquing, concluding.

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