Chapter 8 RELEVANCE: IN SEARCH OF A THEORETICAL FOUNDATION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vii
4. Tables viii
5. Acknowledgments ix
6. Chapter 1 EXPLORING THEORY DEVELOPMENT: LEARNING FROM DIVERSE MASTERS 1
7. Part 1 BEHAVIOR OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS
8. Chapter 2 MANY PATHS TO THEORY: THE CREATIVE PROCESS IN THE INFORMATION SCIENCES 21
9. Chapter 3 REFLECTIONS ON THEORY CONSTRUCTION IN HUMAN INFORMATION BEHAVIOR: A THEORY OF BROWSING 50
10. Chapter 4 REFLECTIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE 68
11. Chapter 5 CONVERGING ON THEORY FROM FOUR SIDES 87
12. Part 2 EVALUATION
13. Chapter 6 DRAWING GRAPHS FOR THEORY DEVELOPMENT IN BIBLIOMETRICS AND RETRIEVAL 103
14. Chapter 7 TWO VIEWS ON THEORY DEVELOPMENT FOR INTERACTIVE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL 116
15. Chapter 8 RELEVANCE: IN SEARCH OF A THEORETICAL FOUNDATION 141
16. Chapter 9 THE STORY OF A COLONY: THEORY DEVELOPMENT IN WEBOMETRIC RESEARCH 164
17. Part 3 DESIGN
18. Chapter 10 THEORIZING THE UNPRECEDENTED 185
19. Chapter 11 APPROPRIATING THEORY 204
20. Chapter 12 THEORY FOR DESIGN: THE CASE OF READING 222
21. Part 4 CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
22. Chapter 13 THE POVERTY OF THEORY; OR, THE EDUCATION OF JEROME MCGANN 241
23. Chapter 14 ILLUMINATING DAUGHTER-MOTHER NARRATIVES IN YOUNG ADULT FICTION 264
24. Chapter 15 THE NOBLEST PLEASURE: THEORIES OF UNDERSTANDING IN THE INFORMATION SCIENCES 283
25. Chapter 16 APOLOGIA PRO THEORIA SUA 300
26. Chapter 17 SUPPORTING FUTURE THEORY DEVELOPMENT 319
27. Notes on the Contributors 323
28. Index 329