Information Seeking in Electronic Environments
In the computer age, it is essential for individuals to develop skills and strategies for manipulating, storing, and retrieving electronic information. This book considers how electronic technologies have changed these skills and strategies and augmented the fundamental human activity of information seeking. Writing from the point of view of the user rather than the computer, the author makes a case for creating new interface designs that allow information seekers to choose what strategy to...
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Describes how the strategies we use to locate information have begun to change as a result of computers and telecommunications technology.
List of figures and tablesPrefaceAcknowledgments1Information and information seeking12Information seekers and electronic environments113Information-seeking perspective and framework274Foundations for personal information infrastructures: Information-seeking knowledge, skills, and attitudes615Analytical search strategies766Browsing strategies1007Designing support for browsing: A research and development perspective1398The continuing evolution of information seeking1629Future directions and conclusion185Notes197References201Index215
