Fall 2002

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 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

Not all students in the course opted to submit their final projects; no extra points towards course grade was given for submitting to Showcase. Please note that these hyperlinks will start the download of files in MS Powerpoint presentation formats (*.ppt). You must have MS Powerpoint on your computer to view them. Or you can download a free MS Powerpoint Viewer (or Word Viewer) from the Microsoft Office Download Center web site. URL: http://www.microsoft.com/office/000/viewers.htm
If you find these materials useful, please cite and credit the respective authors as appropriate. Thanks!!!
  1. Bill Hornbaker, Linguistic Modeling of Internet Search Query Patterns - Informed Consent statement, User Survey as HTML files | Paper, User Pilot Study Results and Bibliography as Microsoft Word Files
  2. April Rice, Characterizing the Information Behavior of a Semi-Virtual Community: The East Coast Burning Man Folk Newsgroup - Microsoft Word file
  3. Shannon Wilcox - no title; study about information behavior and music - Microsoft Word file
  4. Zoe Smith, Sharing and Communication Behaviors of Innovative Librarians - Microsoft Word file

Annotated Bibliographies

  1. An Annotated Bibliography for the Use of Information Technology by Scientists and Academics - Gene Liptak, Bill Hornbaker, Zoe Smith - HTML file
  2. Information Behavior of Youth - Jennifer Bell, Tonya Knoke, and April Rice - Microsoft Word file | HTML File
  3. Information Seeking Behavior, Annotated Bibliography - Laurie Fleetham, Shannon Wilcox - HTML file
  4. Information Seeking Behavior, Annotated Bibliography - Bobbi Newman, Kevin McDowell, David Burke - HTML file
  5. Information Seeking Behaviors Abstracted Bibliographies - Iain Barksdale, Mary Gorman, Sonya Smith Wong - HTML file
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Instructor: Anita Coleman
First Created: 11/24/02