Information need : a theory connecting information search to knowledge formation /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Medford, New Jersey :
Published on behalf of the American Society for Information Science and Technology by Information Today, Inc.,
[2012]
Medford, New Jersey : [2012], ©2012 Medford, New Jersey : ©2012 |
| Series: | ASIST monograph series
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Table of Contents:
- The importance of information need
- The history of information need
- The framework for our discussion
- Modeling the user in information search
- Information seeking's conceptualization of information need during information search
- Information use
- Adaptation : internal information flows and knowledge generation
- A theory of information need
- How information need works
- The user's situation in the pre-focus search
- The situation of user's information need in pre-focus information search
- The selection concept
- A review of the user's pre-focus information search
- How information need works in a focusing search
- Circles 1 to 5 : an example of how information need works
- Corroborating research
- Applying information need
- The astrolabe : an information system for stage 3 information exploration
- Conclusion
- The arc of an information need
- The importance of information need
- The history of information need
- The framework for our discussion
- Modeling the user in information search
- Information seeking's conceptualization of information need during information search
- Information use
- Adaptation : internal information flows and knowledge generation
- A theory of information need
- How information need works
- The user's situation in the pre-focus search
- The situation of user's information need in pre-focus information search
- The selection concept
- A review of the user's pre-focus information search
- How information need works in a focusing search
- Circles 1 to 5 : how information need works
- Corroborating research
- Applying information need
- The astrolabe : an information system for stage 3 information exploration
- Conclusion