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Information-Seeking Behavior: Patterns and Concepts.
Krikelas, James – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1983
This paper examines the elements of user studies and presents them as unified concepts within a model of information-seeking behavior. Definitions of information-seeking behavior, information needs, information gathering, information giving, and source preference are discussed. Thirty-two references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Dissemination, Information Needs