Information Seeking Behavior
"Information Seeking Behavior" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
How information is gathered in personal, academic or work environments and the resources used.
| Descriptor ID |
D057226
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.209.372 F01.145.535 L01.143.458
|
| Concept/Terms |
Information Seeking Behavior- Information Seeking Behavior
- Behavior, Information Seeking
- Behaviors, Information Seeking
- Information Seeking Behaviors
- Seeking Behavior, Information
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Information Seeking Behavior".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Information Seeking Behavior".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Information Seeking Behavior" by people in this website by year, and whether "Information Seeking Behavior" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Information Seeking Behavior" by people in Profiles.
-
United States internet searches for "infertility" following COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. J Osteopath Med. 2021 04 12; 121(6):583-587.
-
Ashamed Caregivers: Self-Stigma, Information, and Coping among Dementia Patient Families. J Health Commun. 2020 11 01; 25(11):870-878.
-
How Children Search for Health Information Online: An Observational Study. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2020 05; 52(5):522-527.
-
Where college students look for vaping information and what information they believe. J Am Coll Health. 2020 May-Jun; 68(4):347-356.
-
Timing of Information-Seeking about Infant Vaccines. J Pediatr. 2018 12; 203:125-130.e1.
-
The Impact of Library Tutorials on the Information Literacy Skills of Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy Students in an Evidence-Based Practice Course: A Rubric Assessment. Med Ref Serv Q. 2018 Jan-Mar; 37(1):43-59.
-
Justificatory Information Forefending in Digital Age: Self-Sealing Informational Conviction of Risky Health Behavior. Health Commun. 2018 01; 33(1):85-93.
-
An Information Needs Assessment of School Nurses in a Metropolitan County. Med Ref Serv Q. 2016; 35(1):27-41.
-
Cancer information scanning and seeking in the general population. J Health Commun. 2010 Oct; 15(7):734-53.