A strategy by which researchers focus on dense patch of sources which they have accumulated as part of their personal collection.

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When "information foraging," a continuum of two foraging strategies can be identified:

- Specialists 
- Generalists 


Types of Foraging Strategies

Kundu, D. (2017). Models of Information Seeking Behaviour: A Comparative Study. International Journal of Library and Information Studies, 7(4), 393–405. https://doi.org/ISSN: 2231-4911 

Sense-Making Approach to Information Seeking Reference Node

Specialist Information Foraging Strategy 

A strategy by which researchers use a labor intensive technique of gathering information sources from a variety of patches. 

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