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Subjects

Human information processing, Information behavior, Information retrieval, Research, Library Science, Recherche documentaire, Gebruikersonderzoek, Informatieverzameling, Methodologie, Libraries, Information Storage and Retrieval, Informatiebehoefte, Recherche de l'information, Recuperacʹao da informacʹao, Processos cognitivos, Zoekstrategiee˜n, Pesquisa bibliografica, Theorie, Library research
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Table of Contents

Figures and Tables.
Page xiii
Preface.
Page xv
Part 1. Introduction and Examples
Chapter 1. Information Behavior: An Introduction
1.1. Introduction
Page 4
1.2. How This Book Is Organized, and How to Use It
Page 15
Chapter 2. Common Examples of Information Behavior
2.1. Five Information Seeking Scenarios
Page 18
2.2. Summary
Page 33
Part 2. Concepts Relevant to Information Behavior
Chapter 3. The Concept of Information
3.1. Searching for a Definition of Information
Page 40
3.2. Definitions of Information and Their Problems
Page 45
3.3. Must There Be a Universal Definition of Information?
Page 60
3.4. Distinctions Among Information, Knowledge, and Data
Page 64
3.5. Summary
Page 65
Chapter 4. Information Needs and Information Seeking
4.1. The Motivational Puzzle
Page 69
4.2. Four Scholars Ponder Information Needs
Page 72
4.3. The Trouble with Information Needs
Page 78
4.4. Information Seeking and Information Behavior
Page 80
4.5. Summary
Page 81
Chapter 5. Related Concepts
5.1. Decision Making
Page 85
5.2. Browsing, Etc.
Page 89
5.3. Relevance, Pertinence, and Salience
Page 93
5.4. Avoiding Information
Page 97
5.5. Information versus Entertainment
Page 108
5.6. Summary
Page 108
Part 3. Models, Paradigms, and Theories in the Study of Information Behavior
Chapter 6. Models of Information Behavior
6.1. Models
Page 120
6.2. Examples of Information Seeking Models
Page 123
Chapter 7. Perspectives, Paradigms, and Theories
7.1. Perspectives and Paradigms
Page 142
7.2. Theories
Page 145
7.3. Sources of Theory in Information Seeking
Page 148
7.4. Some Relevant Paradigms
Page 151
7.5. Other Theories
Page 164
7.6. Summary
Page 168
Part 4. Methods for Studying Information Behavior
Chapter 8. The Research Process
8.1. Relating Theory to Methodology
Page 174
8.2. Basic Considerations in Research
Page 177
8.3. Summary
Page 188
Chapter 9. Methods: Examples by Type
9.1. Types and Examples of Methods
Page 192
9.2. Summary
Page 232
Part 5. Research Results and Reflections
Chapter 10. Reviewing the Research: Its History, Size, and Topics
10.1. Overview of Part Five
Page 237
10.2. Summary
Page 248
Chapter 11. Research by Occupation
11.1. By Occupational Category
Page 251
11.2. Summary
Page 283
Chapter 12. Research by Social Role and Demographic Group
12.1. Two Other Ways of Studying People
Page 286
12.2. By Role
Page 286
12.3. By Demographic Group
Page 303
12.4. Summary
Page 315
Chapter 13. Reviewing, Critiquing, Concluding
13.1. Reviewing
Page 318
13.2. Critiquing
Page 320
13.3. Concluding: Room for Optimism
Page 324
Appendix A. Glossary
Page 329
Appendix B. Questions for Discussion and Application
Page 339
References.
Page 349
Author Index.
Page 399
Subject Index.
Page 415

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-397) and indexes

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Amsterdam, Boston
Series
Library and information science

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Library of Congress
ZA3075 .C37 2007, ZA3075

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Hardcover
Pagination
xvi, 423 p. :
Number of pages
423

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OL17213602M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 13
9780123694300
LCCN
2006050838
OCLC/WorldCat
71951939
Library Thing
188609
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Goodreads
281586

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