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Looking for Information : a survey of research on information seeking, needs, and behavior / Donald O. Case, Lisa M. Given.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Studies in informationPublication details: United Kingdom : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, c2016.Edition: 4th edDescription: xvi, 507 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781785609688 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 025.524 23 CAS
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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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Short Loan Books Hamu Mukasa Library Closed Access l Short Loan; Level 1 025.524 CAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 143225

Includes bibliographical references (p. [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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