Review of Information Need: A Theory Connecting Information Search to Knowledge Formation

Kirstin Duffin

Review of Information Need: A Theory Connecting Information Search to Knowledge Formation

Eastern Illinois University

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Abstract

In this book, Cole attempts to establish a framework for the information searching process. Cole analyzes information need from the perspectives of both information science and computer science. Where information science considers the need as sensory (perceptual-cognitive), computer science views information need as mechanical (input-output). The book, one in the ASIST Monograph Series, is a conceptual work that presents a systematic overview of users’ information retrieval practices.

Original language	American English
Journal	Public Services Quarterly
Volume	8
State	Published - 2012

Keywords

libraries
information searching
knowledge formation

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

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