Fall 2001

Learning Showcase: IRLS 587 - Information Seeking Behaviors (ISB)

A brief description of the final project for this course is as follows: Use field experience, observation, or other relevant experience to design and conduct or describe a small user study. Students are expected to write their major project paper based on this real-world experience or evaluation of information seeking behaviors in the social context of their choice and/with systems of their choice. The paper will be in the form of a pilot study, small research proposal or research project. Curious about ISB? Please consult the Course Syllabus

Final Project Presentations

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Feel free to get in touch with those students whose email addresses are included on this page; if you find these materials useful, please cite and credit the respective authors as appropriate. Thanks!!!
  1. Joyce Danielson - Email: danjoyce@aol.com | Presentation: Information Needs of the Semi-Nomadic Boran | Accompanying Materials - Presentation Script in Word format | Supplementary Materials - photos of Borans and their artifacts
  2. Michele Daspit - Email: daspits@interconnect.com | Presentation: Information Search Processes of Undergraduate MIS and CS Students Conducting A Research Project | Final Project: Microsoft Word document
  3. Elizabeth Hayden - Email: bet@muexcel.com | Presentation: An Information Seeking Behavior Study of Intermediate Grade Students
  4. Miriam Glanz - Presentation: Geographic Information Systems and Education: How Users Learn From ArcView 8.1
  5. Samanthi Hewakapuge - Presentation: Gift Cultures and Information Sharing: A Study of Pima Indians
  6. Martha Lindsey - Email: lindseymarti@hotmail.com" | Presentation: Do K-12 Teachers Meet the Information Needs with the Internet? | Instrument (in Microsoft Word format) | Final Project: Microsoft Word document | Questionnaire currently under development as a web-based survey form
  7. Joseph Owen - Presentation: Children and Religious Information | Final Project (in Microsoft Word format)
  8. Jan Marie Payne - Email: jmpayne75@juno.com| Presentation: Information Seeking Behavior of Members of the United States Congress: The Two-Step Flow of Communication | Final Project (in Microsoft Word format)
  9. Kim Shea - Email: kdshea@juno.com | Presentation: Health Care Providers Relationships' Influence On Information Seeking
  10. Linda Whitaker - Email: linda_whitaker@juno.com | Presentation: Community Networking: Notes From the Field | Final Project (Adobe pdf files)
  11. Raik Zaghloul - Presentation: The Effectiveness of Learning Information Seeking Behavior

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Credits: Raik Zaghloul (file uploads)
Instructor: Anita Coleman
First Created: 11/24/01