Information behavior

Here 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.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005002646
- info:lc/authorities/sh2005002646
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2005002646#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Information-seeking behavior
Broader Terms
- Human behavior
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4123428-5
Sources
- found: Work 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)
- found: 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.")
- found: WWW, Apr. 26, 2005 (Google search: information behavior; information-seeking behavior)
LC Classification
- ZA3075-ZA3080
General Notes
- Here 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.
Change Notes
- 2005-05-18: new
- 2005-05-18: revised

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