Looking for information
Subtitle: a survey of research on information seeking, needs, and behavior
By: Donald O. Case
Edition: 2nd ed
Series: Library and information science
Publisher: Elsevier/Academic Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 423
ISBN-13: 9780123694300
Subjects: Information retrieval; Research; Human information processing; Information behavior
Description: "The book focuses on decades of research into how people both find and think about information related to their problems and interests. Covering a broad range of concepts and empirical studies, Looking for Information explains the major ideas, theories, methods and research findings from hundreds of studies of occupations, roles and demographic groups. Examples of such roles, jobs and groups include managers, doctors, nurses, patients, scientists, engineers, scholars, lawyers, journalists, farmers, consumers, voters, students, children and the elderly. A bibliography listing more than 1,100 works makes this book a must for scholarship and reference work on the topic of information-related behaviours." - back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-397) and indexes
Table of contents: label: Figures and Tables
pagenum: xiii; label: Preface
pagenum: xv; label: Part 1
title: Introduction and Examples; label: Chapter 1
title: Information Behavior: An Introduction; label: 1.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 4; label: 1.2
title: How This Book Is Organized, and How to Use It
pagenum: 15; label: Chapter 2
title: Common Examples of Information Behavior; label: 2.1
title: Five Information Seeking Scenarios
pagenum: 18; label: 2.2
title: Summary
pagenum: 33; label: Part 2
title: Concepts Relevant to Information Behavior; label: Chapter 3
title: The Concept of Information; label: 3.1
title: Searching for a Definition of Information
pagenum: 40; label: 3.2
title: Definitions of Information and Their Problems
pagenum: 45; label: 3.3
title: Must There Be a Universal Definition of Information?
pagenum: 60; label: 3.4
title: Distinctions Among Information, Knowledge, and Data
pagenum: 64; label: 3.5
title: Summary
pagenum: 65; label: Chapter 4
title: Information Needs and Information Seeking; label: 4.1
title: The Motivational Puzzle
pagenum: 69; label: 4.2
title: Four Scholars Ponder Information Needs
pagenum: 72; label: 4.3
title: The Trouble with Information Needs
pagenum: 78; label: 4.4
title: Information Seeking and Information Behavior
pagenum: 80; label: 4.5
title: Summary
pagenum: 81; label: Chapter 5
title: Related Concepts; label: 5.1
title: Decision Making
pagenum: 85; label: 5.2
title: Browsing, Etc.
pagenum: 89; label: 5.3
title: Relevance, Pertinence, and Salience
pagenum: 93; label: 5.4
title: Avoiding Information
pagenum: 97; label: 5.5
title: Information versus Entertainment
pagenum: 108; label: 5.6
title: Summary
pagenum: 108; label: Part 3
title: Models, Paradigms, and Theories in the Study of Information Behavior; label: Chapter 6
title: Models of Information Behavior; label: 6.1
title: Models
pagenum: 120; label: 6.2
title: Examples of Information Seeking Models
pagenum: 123; label: Chapter 7
title: Perspectives, Paradigms, and Theories; label: 7.1
title: Perspectives and Paradigms
pagenum: 142; label: 7.2
title: Theories
pagenum: 145; label: 7.3
title: Sources of Theory in Information Seeking
pagenum: 148; label: 7.4
title: Some Relevant Paradigms
pagenum: 151; label: 7.5
title: Other Theories
pagenum: 164; label: 7.6
title: Summary
pagenum: 168; label: Part 4
title: Methods for Studying Information Behavior; label: Chapter 8
title: The Research Process; label: 8.1
title: Relating Theory to Methodology
pagenum: 174; label: 8.2
title: Basic Considerations in Research
pagenum: 177; label: 8.3
title: Summary
pagenum: 188; label: Chapter 9
title: Methods: Examples by Type; label: 9.1
title: Types and Examples of Methods
pagenum: 192; label: 9.2
title: Summary
pagenum: 232; label: Part 5
title: Research Results and Reflections; label: Chapter 10
title: Reviewing the Research: Its History, Size, and Topics; label: 10.1
title: Overview of Part Five
pagenum: 237; label: 10.2
title: Summary
pagenum: 248; label: Chapter 11
title: Research by Occupation; label: 11.1
title: By Occupational Category
pagenum: 251; label: 11.2
title: Summary
pagenum: 283; label: Chapter 12
title: Research by Social Role and Demographic Group; label: 12.1
title: Two Other Ways of Studying People
pagenum: 286; label: 12.2
title: By Role
pagenum: 286; label: 12.3
title: By Demographic Group
pagenum: 303; label: 12.4
title: Summary
pagenum: 315; label: Chapter 13
title: Reviewing, Critiquing, Concluding; label: 13.1
title: Reviewing
pagenum: 318; label: 13.2
title: Critiquing
pagenum: 320; label: 13.3
title: Concluding: Room for Optimism
pagenum: 324; label: Appendix A
title: Glossary
pagenum: 329; label: Appendix B
title: Questions for Discussion and Application
pagenum: 339; label: References
pagenum: 349; label: Author Index
pagenum: 399; label: Subject Index
pagenum: 415