Revised Searches: ERIC, World Cat, LibraryLiterature, and BIP

I need to revise my searches in ERIC, World Cat, LibraryLiterature, and BIP to incorporate some new techniques. My topic has narrowed for the paper on Information Seeking Behavior, we now have a working thesis:

Thesis - theoretical models and demographic data reveal that human information seeking habits remain generally the same regardless of the interface in which information is sought

The focus of the paper is leaning towards exploring established theories of information seeking behavior and the effects of technology on information seeking behavior. I’m going to search for information about the effects of technology.

Query: How has technology changed the way people look for information?

Facets:             Information seeking behavior (searching, googling, search strategies & techniques)

            Technology (internet, kindles, Google, electronic databases…)

I think I’ll start with trying to find concepts similar to “information seeking behavior” and technology in the index or thesaurus and work from there. I am also going to limit all searches to full-text availability and/or TWU holdings because I don’t have time to wait for ILL requests.

Tagging/Indexing

August(1) CLA(1) collection development(4) for me(1) for selectors(1) graphic novel(7) graphic novel librarianship(1) libraries(2) library(2) library science(3) LIS(1) non-fiction(2) office(1) professional(2) read(1) reader's advisory(1) reference(2) UW-SciFi/Fantasy(1) YA(1)

Tag cloud from LibraryThing.com for:

Graphic Novels Now: Building, Managing, and Marketing a Dynamic Collection

by Francisca Goldsmith

Chosen for my interest in Collection Development of youth and YA materials.

Scroll down to the bottom of my blog to see tags for my LibraryThing collection!

Library Lit and Books in Print

I am once again searching for information about information seeking behavior.

	Library Literature
	Search #	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Index (Field searched)	All - Smart Search	All - Smart Search	All - Smart Search	Subjects	Subjects	Subjects & Abstract
	Search Terms	information seeking behavior	(Information needs/Evaluation) AND (Use studies/internet)	(Information needs/Evaluation) AND (Use studies/Information systems)	Information needs AND Information retrieval	Information needs AND Use studies	Information needs (Subjects) AND Information-seeking (Abstract)
	Limits/ Rankings	Sorted by relevance	Relevance & Full Text	Relevance & Full Text	Relevance & Full Text	Relevance & Full Text	Relevance & Full Text
	# Hits	222 (70% max)	64 (39 @ 100%)	5 (2 @ 100%)	20 (20 @ 100%)	171	44 (44 @ 100%)
	# Potentially useful hits	15 (of 1st 30)	11 (of 1st 30)	1	3		14 (of 1st 30)
	Notes:	Possible subjects identified: Information retrieval; Use studies/internet; Information needs; Internet searching; Information needs/Evaluation; Use studies/Information systems; Surveys/Information needs; Information retrieval/Social aspects	Don't want just internet related studies…	Change tactics.	Try again.	Too broad.

My chosen citation from search # 6:

Weiler, A. (2005). Information-Seeking Behavior in Generation Y Students: Motivation, Critical Thinking, and Learning Theory. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 31(1), 46-53. Retrieved October 5, 2009, from Library Lit & Inf Full Text database.

	Books in Print
	Search #	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Index (Field searched)	Keyword in Title & Keyword in Subject	Keyword in Title & Keyword in Subject	Keyword in Subject	Keyword in Title	Keyword in Title & Keyword in Subject	Keyword in Title & Keyword in Subject
	Search Terms	Information seeking (KW Title) OR Information seeking (KW Subject)	Information seeking (KW Title) AND Information retrieval (KW Subject)	information behavior	information sources	Information sources (KW Title) AND libraries (KW Subject)	Information sources (KW Title) AND libraries (KW Subject) AND information retrieval (KW Subject)
	Limits/ Rankings	Advanced Search, In Print, & English	Advanced Search, In Print, & English	Advanced Search, In Print, & English	Advanced Search, In Print, & English	Advanced Search, In Print, & English	Advanced Search, In Print, & English
	# Hits	30 (21 unique)	10 (6 unique)	198	416	26 (18 unique)	2
	# Potentially useful hits	6	3				0
	Notes:	Bowker Subjects: Information retrieval	All results were also found in search #1	Too broad, lots of information management titles.	Too Broad	Mostly how-to guides	How-to.

My chosen citation from search #1:

Marchionini, G. (1997). Information seeking in electronic environments Cambridge University Press.

I found that I had the same difficulties trying to find book sources in Books in Print as I had in World Cat. My topic is too narrow for extensive book treatment, and too specific to identify without an abstract or good summary.