LIS 405—Information Seeking, Evaluation and Use

Information seeking is a complex information and communication activity in which people need access to diverse information resources in order to deal with personal, work-related, and social information problems. In a world full of easily available information, it is important to understand how the information we gather is a direct result of not only how information is created and organized, but also the way we seek information and how we evaluate the available sources we find. This course will examine the individual and social aspects of information needs, seeking, evaluation, and use in order for the students to gain an understanding of how to seek, gather, retrieve and use information.