A method of information seeking where the user purposefully seeks out a certain type of information. There is known intent to find this information and the searching is directed around that intent. 

Active Searching and Seeking

An information seeking behavior where a user looks through an information source without a direct question in mind, but is looking to obtain information in general on a broad subject. This behavior is direct but less focused. 

Browsing and Scanning

An information seeking behavior where a user obtains information that interests them while engaging in a different information seeking task. The type of searching is passive but is directed on a topic.

Passive Monitoring

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Types of Information Behaviors 
- Information seeking 
- Information retrieval 

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Information that is (verifiably) misleading, false, or incomplete. Misinformation can be created with or without the intent to misinform the public. 

Misinformation 

When an information seeker is presented with an abundance of possible sources which can be difficult to sift through. This can cause relevant information to a search query to be overlooked. 

Information Overload

Uncertainty as a state that causes feelings of anxiety and lack of confidence is expected at the beginning of the Information Search Process and are related to having only vague ideas about a topic or question to further the search. There are six corollaries to this principle.

Principle of Uncertainty for Information Seeking

Many definitions of the information-seeking process assume an interaction cycle that begins with identifying a need for information, then moves on to query specification, examination of retrieval results, and, if necessary, query reformulation, with the cycle repeating until a satisfactory result set is found

The Standard Models of Information Seeking

These dispositions describe a user's degree of engagement with the information seeking process:
- Active
- Passive
- Directed
- Undirected

Dispositions for Information Seeking

Information is valuable in the Library and Information Science world. What makes it more valuable is knowing the history behind that information. Being able to contextualize information as it was in the past and how it effects information now is an important skill for Information Seekers to learn.

Exploring the History of Information.

An active pursuit of specific information.

Seeking in the Hektor Model

The process in which a person locates information to resolve a need.

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Information behavior describes the way humans interact with information. There is an emphasis on how people seek, retrieve and utilize information.

Information Behavior

Savolainen, R. (2016). Elaborating the conceptual space of information-seeking phenomena. Information Research, 21(3), paper 720. Retrieved from http://InformationR.net/ir/21-3/paper720.html (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6kRgDkBxs

Information Searching

The behavior of an information user to avoid, discard or reject information that disagrees or alters their already established point of view. This behavior can be used to reinforce bias. 

Information Avoidance

Information Seeking

Defined as what an individual needs to know to fill in a knowledge/information gap. For example, when a patient seeks a doctor's appointment, they are looking to fill an information gap concerning their physical condition. 

Information Need

The study of how users interact with information in the library. There is an emphasis on how people seek, retrieve and utilize information.

Information Behavior in Library Science

The practice of limiting or removing access to a text, film, image, news, or other information work. Censored works are often deemed offensive or dangerous.

Censorship

The concept of maintaining information past it's digital expiration. These can be as simple as updates, storage methods, and strategies for preserving websites as well as context.

Digital Preservation

Information and the utilization of it has a start, but how did it become a Science practiced by Librarians as well as Information Professionals? It started off as a concept based on epistemological use in different languages and practices that define the original word of information to mean support or educate. From that, information begins to become a science based on historical innovations that create practices for it and expands its use. In understanding Information Science at a conceptual level, it can be defined and contextualized by its origins as well as where it is going.

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