Objective. The public has a high interest in seeking personal genetic information, which holds implications for health information seeking research and health care policy. Rapid advances in cancer genetics research promise early detection, prevention and treatment, yet consumers may have greater difficulty finding and using the information they may need to make informed decisions regarding thei...

This paper discusses the research into information seeking and its directions at a general level. We approach this topic by analysis and argumentation based on past research in the domain. We begin by presenting a general model of information seeking and retrieval which is used to derive nine broad dimensions that are needed to analyze information seeking and retrieval. Past research is then co...

Purpose – The column explores the potential of personal information management (PIM) and reference management. This contribution focuses on collaboration: the issues that need to be addressed in planning, the human component in collaborative information seeking, and issues for research by librarians. Design/methodology/approach – The column is written against the background of research from inf...

Employees’ information seeking behavior is an important aspect of knowledge management. However, the extant literature has dominantly focused on information sharing and transfer. The limited literature on information seeking has taken a social network perspective as a main theoretical lens and focused on task performance information seeking. In this study, we propose an alternative theoretical ...

Sarah Robbins is Web Services Coordinator, Debra Engel is Associate Dean of Public Services, and Christina Kulp is Sciences Librarian at University of Oklahoma Libraries; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], respectively. © Sarah Robbins, Debra Engel, and Christina Kulp Studies of information-seeking behaviors are common in the professional literature for library and informati...

Introduction. This paper argues for increased research consideration of the conceptual overlap between information seeking and information literacy, and for scholarly attention to theory-based empirical research that has potential value to practitioners. Method. The paper reviews information seeking and information literacy research, and highlights the exceptional research of Louise Limberg and...

aim and background: asthma is a chronic illness that can severely affect people's lives. the aim of this study was to compare anxiety, depression, brain behavioural systems (bis-bas), coping styles, anger and hostility among people with and without asthma. methods and materials: fifty women with asthma attending shahid motahhari specialized clinic in shiraz and 50 normal women were selected usi...

Abstract The growth of the Internet has provided users unlimited access to an abundance information, including health information. is typically first source searched by U.S. adults (18 years and older) when seeking Factors such as age anxiety are associated with online information (OHIS). Older (65 increasing their use OHIS, although OHIS decreases age. Importantly, can lead improved outcomes f...