6 primary behaviors in information seeking: Founded by David Eliis, professor at the University of Wales Aberystwyth, he came up with

Starting: identifying relevant sources of interest
Chaining: following and connecting new leads found in an initial source
Browsing: scanning contents of identified sources for subject affinity
Differentiating: filtering and assessing sources for usefulness
Monitoring: keeping abreast of developments in a given subject area
Extracting: systematically working through a given source for material of interest

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