Models of Information Seeking: The Standard Model vs. The Tetris Model
The standard model of information seeking, developed through observation, is one that outlines the basic actions involved in finding information. Variations of the standard information seeking model has been developed through work by Salton and Ennis, Shneiderman, and Broder, among others. The most developed model from Marchionini and White describes the information seeking process as: Recognizing a need for information Accepting the challenge to take action to fulfill the need Formulating the problem Expressing the information need in a search system Examination of the results Reformulation of the problem and its expression, and Use of the results (Marchionini and White [...]
