TY  - JOUR
AB  - This paper presents an outline of models of information seeking and other aspects of information behaviour, showing the relationship between communication and information behaviour in general with information seeking and information searching in information retrieval systems. It is suggested that these models address issues at various levels of information behaviour and that they can be related by envisaging a ‘nesting’ of models. It is also suggested that, within both information seeking research and information searching research, alternative models address similar issues in related ways and that the models are complementary rather than conflicting. Finally, an alternative, problem‐solving model is presented, which, it is suggested, provides a basis for relating the models in appropriate research strategies.
VL  - 55
IS  - 3
SN  - 0022-0418
DO  - 10.1108/EUM0000000007145
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000007145
AU  - Wilson T.D.
PY  - 1999
Y1  - 1999/01/01
TI  - Models in information behaviour research
T2  - Journal of Documentation
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 249
EP  - 270
Y2  - 2024/05/14
ER  -