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Information need : a theory connecting information search to knowledge formation
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Information need : a theory connecting information search to knowledge formation / Charles Cole.
ISBN
9781573874298
1573874299
Published
Medford, New Jersey : Published on behalf of the American Society for Information Science and Technology by Information Today, Inc., ©2012.
Physical Description
xiii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 14, 2012
Series
ASIS&T monograph series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 : how information need works
Corroborating research
Applying information need
The astrolabe : an information system for stage 3 information exploration
Conclusion.
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