Thesis for the paper that I am working on:
Theoretical models and demographic data reveal that human information seeking habits remain generally the same regardless of the interface in which information is sought
At this point I am specifically looking for information on the information seeking behaviors of people using digital information sources.
Facets:
Information seeking behaviors
Digital information sources
I browsed the subject headings in ERIC to identify subject terms for my facets.
Information seeking behaviors:
Information seeking 2724
User Needs (Information) 3563
Users (Information) 2877
Search strategies 3348
Information Needs 4515
Online Searching 2780
Digital information sources:
Internet 13195
Electronic journals 567
Electronic libraries 1645
Search Engines 643
Online systems 6795
World wide web 6077
Specific Facet search (all searches were in the Subject Phrase field)
I chose the most unique term that really reflected the Digital information sources facet.
S1: (Search Engines) = 643 hits
The results were too broad, but I could tell I was headed in the right direction. I then added a term to reflect the Information seeking behaviors facet.
S2: ((Search engines) AND (Users (Information))) = 0 hits
That didn't work, so I tried another term.
S3: ((Search engines) AND (Information seeking)) = 106 hits
I was satisfied with the results of my 3rd search.
Citation:
Bilal, D., & Kirby, J. (2002). Differences and Similarities in Information Seeking: Children and Adults as Web Users. Information Processing & Management. 38(5), 649-70.
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