Information Seeking
Why “seeking”?
Information Need
Berry Picking
Information Foraging
Vocabulary Problem
Anomalous State of
Knowledge
Three aspects of
Information Seeking
Cognitive Factors
Affective Factors –
Kuhlthau (93)
Implications of Kuhlthau
(93)
Situational Factors
Dimensions of
Accessibility –
Culnan (85)
Quality is (often)
secondary!
Putting the models
together