An Optimal Foraging Approach to Information Seeking and Use.

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1. Verfasser: Sandstrom, Pamela Effrein
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Veröffentlicht: 1994
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contents An Optimal Foraging Approach to Information Seeking and Use. Sandstrom, Pamela Effrein Behavior Theories Bibliometrics Communication (Thought Transfer) Ecology Ethnography Hypothesis Testing Information Seeking Mathematical Models Scholarly Communication Systems Approach User Needs (Information) Users (Information) Explores optimal foraging theory, derived from evolutionary ecology, for its potential to clarify and operationalize studies of scholarly communication. Metaphorical parallels between subsistence foragers and scholarly information seekers are drawn. Hypotheses to test the models are recommended. The place of ethnographic and bibliometric techniques in modeling scholarship processes is discussed. (104 references) (KRN)
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spellingShingle An Optimal Foraging Approach to Information Seeking and Use.
Sandstrom, Pamela Effrein
Behavior Theories
Bibliometrics
Communication (Thought Transfer)
Ecology
Ethnography
Hypothesis Testing
Information Seeking
Mathematical Models
Scholarly Communication
Systems Approach
User Needs (Information)
Users (Information)
An Optimal Foraging Approach to Information Seeking and Use. Sandstrom, Pamela Effrein Behavior Theories Bibliometrics Communication (Thought Transfer) Ecology Ethnography Hypothesis Testing Information Seeking Mathematical Models Scholarly Communication Systems Approach User Needs (Information) Users (Information) Explores optimal foraging theory, derived from evolutionary ecology, for its potential to clarify and operationalize studies of scholarly communication. Metaphorical parallels between subsistence foragers and scholarly information seekers are drawn. Hypotheses to test the models are recommended. The place of ethnographic and bibliometric techniques in modeling scholarship processes is discussed. (104 references) (KRN)
title An Optimal Foraging Approach to Information Seeking and Use.
topic Behavior Theories
Bibliometrics
Communication (Thought Transfer)
Ecology
Ethnography
Hypothesis Testing
Information Seeking
Mathematical Models
Scholarly Communication
Systems Approach
User Needs (Information)
Users (Information)
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