Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs and Behavior (Library and Information Science)
A comprehensive and insightfully written review of studies on information behavior. Don Case's book provides a rich source of ideas for researchers and students. It is also highly recommended as a textbook and reference. --Reijo Savolainen, Professor of Information Studies, University of Tampere, FinlandAnd so to the 75-dollar question: Should I buy this new edition? I think the answer must be an unqualified, Yes... Donald Case has done the field a huge favour in continually updating and expanding his master work: he deserves our thanks. --T.D. Wilson, Information Research, 17(2), review no. R440Case (library and information science, U. of Kentucky) introduces the field and sets forth common examples of information behavior in six information-seeking scenarios (buying products, finding information in a library, healing a patient, betting on race horses, finding the law, and seeking medical information). Following are chapters on concepts, models, paradigms, theories, methods, and research results - surveying roughly four decades of development in the field. This is a reference for scholars of library science and librarians, and for students and practitioners involved with information studies, communication, and education, among other fields. This third edition follows earlier editions published in 2002 and 2007. The volume is distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. --Book News Inc. Portland, OR