Readings

Below is a list of required readings.  Read them with the questions for Critical Reading for Informatics in mind.

Belkin, N. (1980). Anomalous states of knowledge as a basis for information retrieval. Canadian Journal of Information Science. 5, 133-143.

Chatman, E. A. (2000). Framing social life in theory and research. In L.  Höglund (Ed). The new review of information behaviour research: Studies of information seeking in context.  London: Graham Taylor.

Churchman, C. W. (1979). The systems approach. NY: Dell. (Ch. 3)

Dervin, B. (1992).  From the mind’s eye of the user: The Sense-Making qualitative-quantitative methodology.  In J.D. Glazier & R.R. Powell (Eds).  Qualitative research in information management.  Englewood, CO, Libraries Ulimited.  Pp.61-84.

Ellis, D. (1989). A behavioural approach to information retrieval design. Journal of Documentation, 45.3, 171-212.

Faibisoff, S. G., & Ely, D. P. (1976), Information and information needs. Information Reports and Bibliographies, 5, 2-16.

Kuhlthau, C. (1991). Inside the search process: Information seeking from the users perspective. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 42.5, 361-71.

Taylor, R. S. (1968) Question-negotiation and information seeking in libraries. College and Research libraries, 29, 178-194.