Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-334) and index.
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ONE: Introduction and examples -- Information behavior: an introduction -- Common examples of information behavior -- TWO: Concepts relevant to information behavior -- The concept of information -- Information needs and information seeking -- Related concepts -- THREE: Models, paradigms, and theories in the study of information behavior -- Models of information behavior -- Perspectives, paradigms, and theories -- FOUR: Methods for studying information behavior -- The research process -- Methods: examples by type -- FIVE: Research results and reflections -- Reviewing the research: its history, size, and topics -- Research by occupation -- Research by social role and demographic group -- Reviewing, critiquing, concluding -- Appendix: Questions for discussion and application.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Looking for Information presents examples of information seeking and reviews studies of the information-seeking behavior of both general and specific social and occupational groups: scientists, engineers, social scientists, humanists, policy experts, the aged, the poor, and "the public" in general. It also discusses general research on information seeking, including basic research on human communication behavior as found in the literature of psychology, anthropology, sociology, and other disciplines.