Information Behavior Theories

Information behavior theories attempt to explain information seeking behavior. Some of the most recent articles we have read in LIS 7500 on Information Behavior include:

The information search process by Carol Khulthau.

The impoverished world of outsiders by Elfreda Chatman.

The design of browsing and berrypicking techniques for the online interface by Marcia Bates.

Information seeking on the Web: an integrated model of browsing and searching by Chun Wei Choo, Brian Detlor, and Dan Turnbull.

Question negotiation and information seeking in libraries by R.S. Taylor