Figure 1
The conceptual diagram shows five vertical sections labeled at the top, connected by curved directional arrows. The first section on the left reads “ENTERING THE EVERYDAY TRIANGULATION PROCESS:”, followed by the text “Recognizing an information need”, with a small rounded rectangle below labeled “Information Need”. A curved arrow points rightward from “Information Need” to a tall rectangle under the second section labeled “BROAD INFORMATION BEHAVIOURS”, which lists, from top to bottom, “Information Seeking”, “Information Avoidance”, “Information Assessment”, “Information Encountering”, “Information Withholding”, “Information Sharing”, and “Information Source Assessing”. A curved arrow then points rightward to another tall rectangle in the third section labeled “IN-DEPTH INFORMATION BEHAVIOURS”, containing the stacked items “Satisficing”, “Sensemaking”, “Cross-checking”, “Information Source Assessment plus Rating (trustworthiness)”, and “Information Assessment plus Rating (importance and relevance)”. From this rectangle, a curved arrow points rightward to a square in the section “TRIANGULATING THE THREE I’S”. The square contains a triangle with three labels at its vertices. The label at the top reads “INFORMATION asterisks”, the bottom-left label reads “INTUITION double asterisks”, and the bottom-right label reads “IMMEDIATE NEEDS”. From this square, a curved arrow points rightward to the last section labeled “EXITING THE EVERYDAY TRIANGULATION PROCESS:”, followed by the text “Coming to a decision to restart the E T process in a renewed attempt at addressing the information need, OR coming to an actionable decision asterisk”. This section has two small rounded rectangles labeled “Decision” and “Action”, which are connected by a curved arrow. At the bottom right, a rectangular note explains: “asterisks trustworthy, important, and relevant as contextually assessed by the individual”, “double asterisks including gut and embodied feelings of the individual”, and “actionable decisions may include informed decisions that result in an active change in behaviour, or in the decision not to act, change behaviour, or continue attempting to address the information need”. A dashed curved arrow runs from the lower-right “Decision” rounded rectangle to the rectangle in the “BROAD INFORMATION BEHAVIOURS” section.Information behavior model of Everyday Triangulation