Practice makes perfect? Vets’ information seeking behaviour and information use explored

Scholarly use of information: graduate students' information seeking behaviour

Introduction. This study explored graduate students' information behaviour related to their process of inquiry and scholarly activities. Method. In depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with one hundred graduate students representing all disciplines and departments from Carnegie Mellon University. Analysis. Working in pairs, we coded transcripts of interviews into meaningful categori...

Use of Episodic Interview in Health Information Seeking Studies

Background and Aim: Due to recent attention to health promotion and self-care as one of the prerequisites of health services and intervention programs, health information seeking behavior research has gain increasing importance. Factors such as attention to user centered studies, context and self-care require using of methods and tools that help study people in their natural environment. Howeve...

Explaining health managers’ information-seeking behaviour and use

It is widely assumed that information will reduce uncertainty, help managers make better decisions and bring competitive advantage. Research has largely focused on top level managers in private companies, and on public sector policy-makers, but little is known about managers’ use of information at the organizational level. The paper addresses this issue by providing empirical evidence to build ...

Information Use, User, User Needs and Seeking Behaviour: A Review

The studies on the user, user information behaviour, and seeking have been continuing since last 50 years or more. Ranganathan’s five laws brought the phrase ‘use’ reordering from preservation. The studies on user and user behaviour with varying characteristics has not changed and still going on to study the impact of ICT and use of electronic resources. Several hidden revelations on users’ app...

How Practice Makes Perfect