Models of young people's information seeking Export

@article{citeulike:5791582, abstract = {Although models form a typical outcome of modern research in library and information science, few have been constructed to represent the information behaviour of young people. This article reviews those models that have been developed and outlines several that have emerged from a recent research project undertaken in north-east England with four-to eighteen-year-olds. The first of the new models is devoted to general patterns in the informants' information seeking, regardless of the type of source exploited. It begins with the development of an information need and concludes with the making of decisions with regard to the completion of a search. The remaining four models are smaller scale in nature, with each covering the use of one of the following - books, CD-ROM software, the Internet or other people. The article concludes by considering the value of the models that have been created to populations beyond the sampled youngsters. 10.1177/096100060303500102}, author = {Shenton, Andrew K. and Dixon, Pat}, citeulike-article-id = {5791582}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/096100060303500102}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://lis.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/35/1/5}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/096100060303500102}, journal = {Journal of Librarianship and Information Science}, keywords = {information\_seeking}, month = {March}, number = {1}, pages = {5--22}, posted-at = {2009-09-16 14:06:55}, priority = {2}, title = {Models of young people's information seeking}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/096100060303500102}, volume = {35}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5791582 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5791582 N2 - Although models form a typical outcome of modern research in library and information science, few have been constructed to represent the information behaviour of young people. This article reviews those models that have been developed and outlines several that have emerged from a recent research project undertaken in north-east England with four-to eighteen-year-olds. The first of the new models is devoted to general patterns in the informants' information seeking, regardless of the type of source exploited. It begins with the development of an information need and concludes with the making of decisions with regard to the completion of a search. The remaining four models are smaller scale in nature, with each covering the use of one of the following - books, CD-ROM software, the Internet or other people. The article concludes by considering the value of the models that have been created to populations beyond the sampled youngsters. 10.1177/096100060303500102 IS - 1 JF - Journal of Librarianship and Information Science EP - 22 TI - Models of young people's information seeking VL - 35 SP - 5 KW - information_seeking AU - Shenton, Andrew AU - Dixon, Pat PY - 2003/03/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/096100060303500102 ER -