Looking for Information, Second Edition: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior (Library and Information Science) | 
 enlarge | Author: Donald O. Case
Publisher: Academic Press
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2
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Pages: 440
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0123694302
Dewey Decimal Number: 025.524
EAN: 9780123694300
ASIN: 0123694302
Publication Date: December 12, 2006
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Product Description
Looking for Information explores human information seeking and use. It provides examples of methods, models and theories used in information behavior research, and reviews more than four decades of research on the topic. The book should prove useful for scholars in related fields, but also for students at the graduate and advanced undergraduate levels. It is intended for use not only in information studies and communication, but also in the disciplines of education, management, business, medicine, nursing, public health, and social work.
This second editon of Looking for Information reflects a vastly increased literature on the topic of information behavior. Among the additions are over 400 new citations to relevant works, most of which appeared between March, 2002, and January, 2006. Many new studies are described in the section reviewing research findings (Chapters Eleven and Twelve), Chapter Nines examples of methods, and a widely expanded discussion of theories applied in information behavior research (Chapter Seven).
*Reviews over 1,100 works -- 60% more than the first edition
*Adds many new studies conducted from 2002 to 2006
*Expanded coverage of models and theories of information behavior
*Many new examples of occupations and roles -- the contexts of information seeking
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 Good Book February 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am using it in a graduate course I am taking and have found it to be very easy to read. It does a good job of describing the various theories concerning information seeking behavior and provides decent examples.
 Great book November 19, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book had all the information I needed. I am a graduate student working on a dissertation in health care, I found the background and theory very useful.
 I'd prefer a 3 1/2 for this book April 4, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As a graduate student in Library and Information Studies, I was assigned this book in one of my courses. As textbooks in this field go, Case's book is more readable than most. As mentioned by an earlier reviewer, it is an in-depth literature review, and since it is for one of the required courses which had to be taken early on, it will be a useful reference in future classes. In fact, it is a book that I will retain simply as a source of information on possible research material.
The book is well organized and frankly, is one of the nicest as far as materials and construction. The questions at the back of the book, supposedly relating to each chapter, were confusing in that there seemed to be no relationship in many instances.
The one serious complaint that I can make is the tremendous need for editing and proofreading in this edition. The book is replete with incorrect grammar, misspellings, missing words, extra words, etc. Hopefully, these will be corrected in the new edition.
I have to disagree with a Reader from England... November 6, 2003
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I'm currently enrolled in a doctoral program in Information Science and, while this book isn't the sum total of all LIS knowledge, I've found it invaluable as a reference on Information Seeking. Few other places will you find this level of literature review laid out in such a compact way. I use it nearly every day in my studies and I'm grateful that Don Case wrote it. It's a roadmap and guidebook for my studies.- A reader from Texas
 The case of a failed survey mission.... January 16, 2003
9 out of 23 found this review helpful
I was excited by the possibility of a suitable overview of information seeking, I obtained the book a.s.a.p. I was willing to forgive the high price in favour of a good text.It was downhill from there: Unfortunately the text of Donald Case's book fails to impress on any level. For the scope of the subject matter the book is surprising in the selection of items included and omitted. With some areas appearing rather bald in references and general coverage. By giving focus to a selection of models that embrace need and sources, and in different aspects e.g. information overload, the portrait is skewed. To use this book in teaching it would require much more support from supplementary texts and journal articles to correct the omissions. I cannot recommend this text to students nor to academics seeking a suitable class text.
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