Information need : a theory connecting information search to knowledge formation /
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| Author / Creator: | Cole, Charles, 1953- |
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| Imprint: | Medford, New Jersey : Published on behalf of the American Society for Information Science and Technology by Information Today, Inc., ©2012. |
| Description: | xiii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | ASIS&T monograph series ASIST monograph series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8830497 |
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 : how information need works
- Corroborating research
- Applying information need
- The astrolabe : an information system for stage 3 information exploration
- Conclusion.
