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Ellis's model of information seeking: a standalone construct

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Information science

a model describing information seeking as features such as starting, chaining, browsing, differentiating, monitoring and extracting.

In information science, Ellis's model of information seeking refers to a model describing information seeking as features such as starting, chaining, browsing, differentiating, monitoring and extracting. This meaning comes from Ellis (1989) in Journal of Documentation.[1]

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References

Ellis, D. (1989). A Behavioural Approach to Information Retrieval System Design. Journal of Documentation, 45(3), 171-212. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026843

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