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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.209.372 F01.145.535 L01.143.458
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| Concept/Terms |
Information Seeking Behavior- Information Seeking Behavior
- Behavior, Information Seeking
- Behaviors, Information Seeking
- Information Seeking Behaviors
- Seeking Behavior, Information
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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.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Information Seeking Behavior" by people in Profiles.
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Characteristics of older adults using patient web portals to view their DXA results. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2019 09 18; 19(1):187.
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"It's Not Just Technology, It's People": Constructing a Conceptual Model of Shared Health Informatics for Tracking in Chronic Illness Management. J Med Internet Res. 2019 04 29; 21(4):e10830.
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From Wary Wearers to d-Embracers: Personas of Readiness to Use Diabetes Devices. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2018 11; 12(6):1101-1107.
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Use of Internet Search Data to Monitor Rotavirus Vaccine Impact in the United States, United Kingdom, and Mexico. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2018 Feb 19; 7(1):56-63.
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Physicians' perspectives on the informational needs of low-risk prostate cancer patients. Health Educ Res. 2017 04 01; 32(2):134-152.
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Socio-demographic differences in risk information seeking sources for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS). Int J Med Inform. 2016 10; 94:222-7.
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Cancer-Related Information Seeking Among Cancer Survivors: Trends Over a Decade (2003-2013). J Cancer Educ. 2016 Jun; 31(2):348-57.
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Seeking and sharing: why the pulmonary fibrosis community engages the web 2.0 environment. BMC Pulm Med. 2016 Jan 12; 16:4.
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Do Patients Who Access Clinical Information on Patient Internet Portals Have More Primary Care Visits? Med Care. 2016 Jan; 54(1):17-23.
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Bringing patients' social context into the examination room: an investigation of the discussion of social influence during contraceptive counseling. Womens Health Issues. 2015 Jan-Feb; 25(1):13-21.