Searching is both directed and active information seeking. It entails intentional attempts to retrieve information or learn about a topic.

Searching Mode of Information Seeking

A more informal and less directed form of information seeking and gathering. This entails sifting through objects to appraise their utility. 


Browsing in the Hektor Model

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An active pursuit of specific information.

Seeking in the Hektor Model

Hektor, A. (2001). What's the use: Internet and information behavior in everyday life. Linkoping University. (Linkoping Studies in Arts and Science 240). Retrieved from http://liu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A254863&dswid=6661

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