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Fidel, Raya,

Human information interaction : an ecological approach to information behavior / Raya Fidel - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012. - xiv, 348p. 24cm.

Basic concepts --
What is human information interaction? --
Theoretical constructs and models in information seeking behavior --
The information need --
The search strategy --
Two generations of research --
In-context --
Theoretical traditions in human information behavior --
Interlude : models and their contribution to design --
Human information behavior and information retrieval : is collaboration possible? --
Cognitive work analysis : dimensions for analysis --
Cognitive work analysis : harnessing complexity --
Enhancing the impact of research in human information interaction.

In this work, Raya Fidel proposes a research approach that bridges the study of human information interaction and the design of information systems: cognitive work analysis (CWA).

ISBN: 9780262017008

Publisher. No.: International Book Distributors :Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Library operations
Information behavior.
Information retrieval.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Fidel, Raya, 1945-

Dewey Class. No.: 025.524 FID