Looking for Information

"Looking for Information" explores human information seeking and use. It provides examples of methods, models and theories used in information behavior research, and reviews more than four decades of research on the topic. The book should prove useful for scholars in related fields, but also for students at the graduate and advanced undergraduate levels. It is intended for use not only in information studies and communication, but also in the disciplines of education, management, business, medicine, nursing, public health, and social work. This second editon of "Looking for Information" reflects a vastly increased literature on the topic of information behavior.Among the additions are over 400 new citations to relevant works, most of which appeared between March, 2002, and January, 2006. Many new studies are described in the section reviewing research findings (Chapters Eleven and Twelve), Chapter Nines examples of methods, and a widely expanded discussion of theories applied in information behavior research (Chapter Seven). This title reviews over 1,100 works - 60 per cent more than the first edition. It adds many new studies conducted from 2002 to 2006. It provides expanded coverage of models and theories of information behavior. It includes many new examples of occupations and roles - the contexts of information seeking.

ISBN 0123694302   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780123694300 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 812 Publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited   Published in Bingley Imprint Academic Press Inc   Series ISSN 1876-056 Format Hardback   Series title Library & Information Science Publication date 20 Oct 2006   Previous ISBN 9780121503819 Library of Congress 2006050838   Height (mm) 229 DEWEY 306.42   Width (mm) 152 DEWEY edition DC22   Spine width (mm) 23 Pages 440   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

1		Information behavior : an introduction
2		Common examples of information behavior
3		The concept of information
4		Information needs and information seeking
5		Related concepts
6		Models of information behavior
7		Perspectives, paradigms, and theories
8		The research process
9		Methods : examples by type
10		Reviewing the research : its history, size, and topics
11		Research by occupation
12		Research by social role and demographic group
13		Reviewing, critiquing, concluding

Some reviews of the first edition: "...an ambitious book...particularly welcome as an academic textbook...a wealth of concrete examples of information seeking in everyday contexts..." Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology "A welcome and ambitious book that should be received with open arms...clear and readable...highly accessible...cannot be overlooked..." Information Research "...an especially useful source, assembling and framing user-centered studies...Case has performed a significant service for students and researchers..." Journal of the Medical Library Association

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