Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior
- Book Review,
by Donald O. Case
From Book News, Inc.
A graduate textbook and handbook for scholars in information behavior research. It defines concepts relevant to information behavior, identifies models and theories used in information seeking studies, provides examples of methods for studying information seeking, reviews research findings of the past two decades, and suggests some directions for seeking more information and information seeking.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR
T.D. Wilson, Emeritus, University of Sheffield, U.K.
"...an excellent, long-needed text. Nothing quite like it is available...this will become the standard work in the area..."
Review
"...an excellent, long-needed text. Nothing quite like it is available...this will become the standard work in the area..."
T.D. Wilson, Emeritus, University of Sheffield, U.K.
"...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
"...It should appear on reading lists and bookshelves across a number of academic fields."
FIRST MONDAY.com
Information Research
"A welcome and ambitious book that should be received with open arms...clear and readable...highly accessible...cannot be overlooked..."
Journal of the Medical Library Association
"...an especially useful source, assembling and framing user-centered studies...Case has performed a significant service for students and researchers..."
Review
"Â…an excellent, long-needed text. Nothing quite like it is availableÂ…this will become the standard work in the area..."
—T.D. Wilson, Emeritus, University of Sheffield, U.K.
"Â…an ambitious bookÂ…particularly welcome as an academic textbookÂ…a wealth of concrete examples of information seeking in everyday contextsÂ…"
—Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
"A welcome and ambitious book that should be received with open armsÂ…clear and readableÂ…highly accessibleÂ…cannot be overlookedÂ…"
—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
“…It should appear on reading lists and bookshelves across a number of academic fields.”
—FIRST MONDAY.com
Book Description
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.
Book Info
Presents examples of information seeking and it 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.
From the Back Cover
Information seeking is a ubiquitous human activity. Whether gathering data for work or merely making sense of everyday life, looking for information is a basic behavior that shapes our lives. This book focuses on decades of research into how people both find and think about information related to their problems and interests. Covering a broad range of concepts and empirical studies, Looking for Information explains the major ideas, methods, and research findings from hundreds of studies of occupations, roles and demographic groups, including managers, doctors, nurses, patients, consumers, voters, scientists, engineers, scholars, journalists, lawyers, children, and the elderly. A bibliography listing more than 700 works makes this book a must for scholarly work and reference on information related behaviors.
Key Features:
The first comprehensive review of information seeking literature to be published in several years.
Defines key concepts, identifies trends and highlights prominent theorists and investigators.
Illustrated with study examples, research models and typologies of investigations and methods.
Essential reading for scholars and students in communications, information studies, management, education, and healthcare.
Includes an appendix of questions for classroom use.
A Volume in the Library and Information Science Series
About the Author
Donald O. Case holds a PhD in Communications Research from Stanford University. He has been a Professor at the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information Studies since 1994, and between 1983 and 1994 was a faculty member at the University of California, Los Angeles, teaching in the graduate Information Studies program and in the undergraduate Communication Studies program. Professor Case teaches courses in information seeking, research methodology and the social implications of information technologies. He conducts research on communication technologies and information-seeking. Case's articles have appeared in Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Library and Information Science Research, New Media and Society, Telecommunications Policy, The Information Society, and the Journal of Communication, among other publications.
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