Many researchers in the area of information seeking behavior have highlighted the importance of context in influencing information-seeking behavior. However, few have elaborated on how contextual factors influence information-seeking in practice. This chapter explores the impact of disciplinary traditions of non-western, developing country external environments on patterns of information seekin...

a search into the earlier tradition sources of the sunnīs indicates that part of them, entitled kitāb al-faḍā’il, address the excellences (faḍā’il) and virtues (manāqib) of individuals and groups. dedicating a separate chapter under this rubric along other chapters and sections of ḥadith collections reveals the importance of this issue and the endeavors of the compilers of sunnī ḥadith collecti...