##  [Kuhlthau's Information Search Process](/index.php/kuhlthaus-information-search-process) 

  ##  [Kuhlthau's Information Search Process](https://information.quantumdictionary.io/kuhlthaus-information-search-process-0) 

  

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**Information & Communication Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

A staged model that conceptualizes information seeking as a sequence of cognitive, affective and physical activities—commonly described as initiation, selection, exploration, formulation, collection and presentation—in which uncertainty and affective states peak during early exploration and decline as the seeker forms a focused perspective.