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Description Assignment Overview Case&Given(2016) provided an overview of study of information behaviors, which included discussions about how information and information behaviors might be defined, a review of the core concepts in the field, which are "information need, motivations that lead to information seeking, and information use." (Case&Given, pg. 350) and an extensive review of the methods and theories of research as well as an extensive review of the research in the field of information behaviors. In the final chapter (Il) the authors provide a "History of Criticisms" as well as "Conclusions and Trends".
1. Introductory Paragraph (Introduction) • Provide an overview of these criticisms and then address the following "Question for Discussion and Application" (Case&Given, 2016)..."How accurate are the various criticisms of 1B research, for example, that it does not fully engage with theory, or that it tends to study small samples of volunteers using somewhat unreliable methods? Are they fair criticisms...?...can they be ignored...? (pg. 388) 2. Main Paragraphs (Analysis) • Using your selection of journal articles (6 journal articles) from the annotated bibliography about the trends in 1B research (or 6 journal articles from one of the other areas listed for the annotated bibliography) in a particular area and the "Conclusions and
