A behavioral approach to information retrieval system design
Journal of Documentation
Information seeking in electronic environments
Information seeking in electronic environments
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
Discovering information behavior in sense making. I: time and timing
Journal of the American Society for Information Science
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal - Special issue on Information Seeking In Context (ISIC)
Searching the Web: the public and their queries
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Understanding Information Retrieval Interactions: Theoretical and Practical Implications
Understanding Information Retrieval Interactions: Theoretical and Practical Implications
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The aim of this research was to develop a conceptual framework that would help to collect and understand the information needs of a target community. Even though many information behavior frameworks already exist, they tend to focus on different aspects of the person and their interaction with information. It was proposed that a synthesis of the existing frameworks could lead to one comprehensive framework. Previous research was analyzed and an initial framework defined. It was piloted, adapted, and then applied to data on informal carers, who are people caring for another person, generally a relative, for more than 14 hours per week, and who are not paid for it. The data stemmed from 60 interviews that were transcribed and coded. This paper presents the data on informal carers and their information experience using the final framework. It serves to demonstrate how the framework sensitizes the researcher to certain types of significant data, enables the organization of the data, indicates the relationships between different types of data, and, overall, helps to provide a rich picture of the target community's information needs. In conclusion, the paper discusses the differences and advantages of the framework in relation to previous work, the limitations of the study, and possible further research.