Low-Effort Information Searching: The Heuristic Information-Seeking Toolkit |
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| Authors: | David Schwieder |
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| Institution: | 1. The George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Floridadschwieder@uflib.ufl.edu |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTHow do academic library users search for scholarly information? While there are many possible ways, research from several scholarly fields offers a useful perspective; studies from social psychology, economics, and library and information science suggest that users will often favor “low-effort” information-seeking approaches. Though many academic librarians undoubtedly advocate efficient information-seeking strategies, we argue that development of a more systematic and coordinated low-effort approach would be beneficial. Accordingly, this article offers an organized “toolkit” of low-effort information-seeking strategies suitable for self-use by library patrons or inclusion in library instruction programs. |
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| Keywords: | Google Google scholar heuristics information seeking principle of least effort |
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