Information-seeking Behaviour: a comparison of two models

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  • Isabel Merlo Crespo
  • Sônia Elisa Caregnato

Keywords:

Information Seeking. Information-Seeking Behavior. Information Search Process Model Kuhlthau. Behavioral Seeking Information Model - Ellis.

Abstract

Starting from a literature review on concepts related to information-seeking behaviour, the paper presents and compares two models of information seeking: a behavioural model, developed by David Ellis from a study on Social Scientist, and a model of a process, developed by Carol Kuhlthau from a study of undergraduate students. It concludes that both models offer valid theoretical background, even though Ellis´s model appears to be more appropriate for the study of information seeking in scientific contexts.

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Author Biographies

Isabel Merlo Crespo

Bacharel em Biblioteconomia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação e Informação da UFRGS. Bibliotecária da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Currículo Lattes

Sônia Elisa Caregnato

Doutora em Ciência da Informação pela Sheffield University,Inglaterra. Professora Adjunta do Departamento de Ciências da Informação da Faculdade de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação e Informação da UFRGS. Currículo Lattes

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Published

2006-12-09

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CRESPO, I. M.; CAREGNATO, S. E. Information-seeking Behaviour: a comparison of two models. Em Questão, Porto Alegre, v. 9, n. 2, p. 271–281, 2006. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/73. Acesso em: 12 may. 2025.

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2003)

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