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This unique book presents authoritative overviews of more than 70 conceptual frameworks for understanding how people seek, manage, share, and use information in different contexts. A practical and readable reference to both well-established and newly proposed theories of information behavior, the book includes contributions from 85 scholars from 10 countries. Each theory description covers origins, propositions, methodological implications, usage, links to related conceptual frameworks, and listings of authoritative primary and secondary references. The introductory chapters explain key concepts, theorymethod connections, and the process of theory development.

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This work has significant value as a recipe book of theory for authors desiring to write for and conduct research in the library and information science (LIS) profession. It is also a great read for professionals who enjoy theory and want to broaden their understanding of the underpinnings of LIS research. Over 70 conceptual frameworks (metatheories, theories, and models) of information behavior are presented. Each entry is an introduction to the theory at hand with primary and secondary references directly following (very useful, as any reader wishing to apply a theory would need to delve further than these short introductions). The table of contents lists each theory alphabetically by title, and the index provides access by author/researcher, theory title, and concept. This reviewer would, however, welcome more entries on information literacy; for example, although Christine Bruce (1997) is cited in an entry on phenomenography (the method she used to develop her model), her work Seven Faces of Information Literacy (1997) deserves its own entry. In summary, for anyone publishing or trying to publish in library and information science publications, this is an important collection of research worth keeping close at hand. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Graduate students and above. J. Brown University of Alaska Southeast