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Information behavior

LC control no.sh2005002646
LC classificationZA3075 ZA3085
Topical headingInformation behavior
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Variant(s)Information-seeking behavior
See alsoHuman behavior
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Scope noteHere are entered works on the ways human beings interact with various sources and channels of information, including both active and passive information-seeking, and information use.
Found inWork cat.: 2005010420: Theories of information behavior, c2005: ECIP galley (we conceptualize information behavior as including how people need, seek, manage, give, and use information in different contexts)
Wilson, T,D. Human information behavior, 1981 ("Information Behavior is the totality of human behavior in relation to sources and channels of information, including both active and passive information-seeking, and information use.")
WWW, Apr. 26, 2005 (Google search: information behavior; information-seeking behavior)