Organizing information within a document such as a scholarly article through the use of functional units. 

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- Genre Structure
- Cataloging 
- Metadata

Focuses of Information Organization

A piece of information within a document that serves a distinct communicative purpose.

Functional Unit

Zhang, Lei. (2014). Linking information through function. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 65(11), 2293-2305. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23123  

Linking information through function

Genre Structure

Cataloging is the process of assigning identifiers (author and title) and subjects to an information resource so that the user may retrieve it. 

Cataloging

Metadata is structured data that describes an information resource and points a user to the actual information resource.

Metadata

In understanding the relationship between functional units in a specific category, we can decipher the category’s purpose. Identifying relationships is essential when linking information pieces through function, because it simplifies the process of finding information on the Internet.

Linking Information through Functional Units

- review previous research
- indicate a gap in previous research
- describe materials
- state findings
- support explanation of results

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