The 4th edition of this popular and well-cited text is now co-authored, and includes
significant changes from earlier texts. Presenting a comprehensive review of over a century …

A community of practice has recently been defined as “a flexible group of professionals,
informally bound by common interests, who interact through interdependent tasks guided by …

Seeking information about one's health is increasingly documented as a key coping strategy
in health-promotive activities and psychosocial adjustment to illness. In this article, the …

In today's fast-paced world, anecdotal evidence suggests that information tends to inundate
people, and users of information systems want to find information quickly and conveniently …

“Isms” in information science: constructivism, collectivism and constructionism | Emerald Insight
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Theory constructs its evidence, and values and faith construct what constitute
theory.[Maines, DR & Molseed, MJ (1986). The obsessive discoverer's complex and the …

This paper presents an evolving framework of human information behavior. The framework
emerges from theories and empirical studies from a variety of research traditions, including …

Research and theories of information behavior have traditionally focused on the" information
man," ie, on the individual as a seeker and user of information. The collective aspects of …

While most research in the area of human‐information behavior has focused on a single
dimension—either the psychological or the social—this case study demonstrated the …

Introduction: The aim of the paper is to propose new models of information behaviour that
extend the concept beyond simply information seeking to consider other modes of …