A behavioral approach to information retrieval system design
Journal of Documentation
Scientists and information: I. Using cluster analysis to identify information style
Journal of Documentation
Multiple search sessions model of end-user behavior: an exploratory study
Journal of the American Society for Information Science
The influence of uncertainty on the information seeking behavior of a securities analyst
ISIC '96 Proceedings of an international conference on Information seeking in context
Exploring models of information behaviour: the 'Uncertainty' Project
Exploring the contexts of information behaviour
A Mathematical Theory of Communication
A Mathematical Theory of Communication
Information seeking and mediated searching. Part 4: cognitive styles in information seeking
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology - Part I: Information seeking research
Modeling cognitive processes in information seeking: from popper to pask
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology - Special issue: Part II: Information seeking research
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Human information behavior: Integrating diverse approaches and information use
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
“I'm feeling lucky”: The role of emotions in seeking information on the Web
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Measuring online information seeking context, Part 1: Background and method
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Measuring online information seeking context, Part 2: Findings and discussion
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
A socio-cognitive framework for designing interactive IR systems: Lessons from the Neanderthals
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Learning how: the search for craft knowledge on the internet
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Journal of Information Science
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Uncertainty in information seeking and retrieval: A study in an academic environment
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
The scope of external information-seeking under uncertainty: An individual-level study
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
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This article explores the relationship between the concept of uncertainty in information seeking, within a model of the problem-solving process proposed by Wilson (1999a) and variables derived from other models and from the work of Ellis and Kuhlthau. The research has involved longitudinal data collection in the United States and United Kingdom employing three interview schedules (incorporating self-completed questionnaires) used for pre- and postsearch interviews: and postsearch interviews with the information seeker and the search intermediary. In addition, the Sheffield team employed a fourth set of instruments in a follow-up interview some 2 months after the search. Related search episodes, with a professional search intermediary using the Dialog Information Service and other sources were audiotaped, and search transaction logs were recorded. The mediated search clients were faculty and research students engaged in either personal or externally supported research projects. The article concludes that the problem solving model is recognized by such researchers as describing their activities and that the uncertainty concept, operationalized as here, serves as a useful variable in understanding information-seeking behavior. It also concludes that Ellis's concept of search characteristics and Kuhlthau's information-seeking stages are independent of the problem stage, and that a set of affective variables, based on those of Kuhlthau, appear to signify a generalized positive or negative affective orientation towards the course of the information problem solution.