Affective and Behavioural Dimensions of Information Seeking

Man unending search for answers, has indeed created more room for research. When emotions and behaviour manifest in the search process, two things are always involved; Successful or unsuccessful search. And when either of the above take place, we are either happy or frustrated. We are equally compared to search further or seek for help. But why do emotions take the better part of us while searching? Can we actually search without emotions? Or does emotions makes us search better? These are some of the questions this book has addressed.

I was born in 1985 in Benue State, Nigeria. I obtained a B.A English Literature from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Nigeria, in 2010. I have an M.A in library and information Management from Manchester Metropolitan University, UK 2015. My area of research span across, information behaviour, emotion in information seeking and user experience.