Open AccessINFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR AND ITS PRACTICAL UTILITY
Author(s) -
Versha Bharadwaj,
Javed Khan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of research - granthaalayah
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2394-3629
pISSN - 2350-0530
DOI - 10.29121/granthaalayah.v4.i10.2016.2491
Subject(s) - personal information management , information seeking , information needs , information behavior , term (time) , set (abstract data type) , information science , group information management , computer science , information seeking behavior , information system , order (exchange) , knowledge management , information mapping , information integration , information architecture , data science , world wide web , information retrieval , management information systems , human–computer interaction , engineering , library science , business , data mining , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , programming language , electrical engineering
Information behaviour is also the term of art used in library and information science to refer to a sub-discipline that engages in a wide range of types of research conducted in order to understand the human relationship to information. Information seeking behavior refers to those activities a person engages in when identifying his or her own need for information, searching for such information in any way and using or transferring of information.
The term information seeking often serves as an umbrella overarching a set of related concepts and issues. In the library world, discussions of database construction and management, community information needs, reference services, and many other topics resonate with the term.